< Proverbs 11 >

1 Scales of deceit [are] [the] abomination of Yahweh and a weight perfect [is] pleasure his.
Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to YHWH, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
2 It comes pride and it came shame and [is] with modest [people] wisdom.
Pride has come, and shame comes, And wisdom [is] with the lowly.
3 [the] integrity of Upright [people] it guides them and [the] crookedness of treacherous [people] (it destroys them. *Q(K)*)
The integrity of the upright leads them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them.
4 Not it profits wealth in [the] day of fury and righteousness it delivers from death.
Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivers from death.
5 [the] righteousness of A blameless [person] it makes straight way his and by wickedness his he falls a wicked [person].
The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, And by his wickedness the wicked fall.
6 [the] righteousness of Upright [people] it delivers them and by [the] craving of treacherous [people] they are caught.
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
7 At [the] death of a person wicked it is lost hope and [the] hope of strength it perishes.
In the death of a wicked man, hope perishes, And the expectation of the iniquitous has been lost.
8 A righteous [person] from distress [is] delivered and he came a wicked [person] in place his.
The righteous is drawn out from distress, And the wicked goes in instead of him.
9 By [the] mouth a godless [person] he ruins neighbor his and by knowledge righteous [people] they are delivered.
A hypocrite corrupts his friend with the mouth, And the righteous are drawn out by knowledge.
10 In [the] prosperity of righteous [people] it rejoices a town and when perish wicked [people] a shout of joy.
A city exults in the good of the righteous, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
11 By [the] blessing of upright [people] it is exalted a town and by [the] mouth of wicked [people] it is torn down.
By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
12 [one who] despises Neighbor his [is] lacking of heart and a person of understanding he keeps quiet.
Whoever is despising his neighbor lacks heart, And a man of understanding keeps silence.
13 [one who] goes about A slanderer [is] revealing a secret and a [person] faithful of spirit [is] concealing a matter.
A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
14 When there not [are] wise directions it falls a people and victory [is] in a multitude of counselor[s].
Without counsels a people falls, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
15 Harm he is harmed for he stood surety for a stranger and [one who] hates those striking hands [is] secure.
An evil [one] suffers when he has been guarantor [for] a stranger, And whoever hates striking hands [in agreement] is confident.
16 A woman of grace she lays hold of honor and ruthless [people] they take hold of wealth.
A gracious woman retains honor, And terrible [men] retain riches.
17 [is] dealing bountifully with Self his a person of loyalty and [is] troubling body his a cruel [person].
A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
18 A wicked [person] [is] making wage[s] of falsehood and [one who] sows righteousness wage[s] of truth.
The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward.
19 True righteousness [is] to life and [one who] pursues evil [is] to own death his.
Correctly [is] righteousness for life, And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death.
20 [are] [the] abomination of Yahweh perverse [people] of heart and [are] pleasure his [people] blameless of way.
The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
21 Hand to hand not he will go unpunished an evil [person] and [the] offspring of righteous [people] he will be delivered.
Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous has escaped.
22 A ring of gold in [the] nose of a pig a woman beautiful and [who] turns aside from discernment.
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.
23 [the] desire of Righteous [people] only [is] good [the] hope of wicked [people] [is] fury.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
24 There [is one who] scatters and [who is] increased still and [one who] withholds from uprightness only to poverty.
There is [one] who is scattering, and yet is increased, And [one] who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
25 A person of blessing he will be made fat and [one who] gives water also he he will be given water.
A liberal soul is made fat, And whoever is watering, he also is watered.
26 [one who] withholds Grain they curse him a people and a blessing [belongs] to [the] head of [one who] sells grain.
Whoever is withholding grain, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
27 [one who] seeks diligently Good he seeks favor and [one who] seeks carefully evil it will come to him.
Whoever is earnestly seeking good Seeks a pleasing thing, And whoever is seeking evil—it meets him.
28 [one who] trusts In wealth his he he will fall and like leaf righteous [people] they will bud.
Whoever is confident in his wealth falls, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
29 [one who] troubles Household his he will inherit wind and [will be] a servant a fool of [the] wise of heart.
Whoever is troubling his own house inherits wind, And the fool [is] a servant to the wise of heart.
30 [the] fruit of [the] righteous [is] a tree of Life and [one who] takes people [is] wise.
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.
31 There! a righteous [person] on the earth he is rewarded indeed? for a wicked [person] and a sinner.
Behold, the righteous is repaid in the earth, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

< Proverbs 11 >