Proverbs 11
The Lord detests dishonesty and favors fairness and humility. The righteous will be guided by their simplicity and integrity, while the wicked will be destroyed by their own rebellion. Wealth and power will not save the wicked on the day of judgment, but justice and righteousness will bring liberation. The righteous will be freed from trouble, while the wicked will be trapped by their own treachery.
A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his willWherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdomThe simplicity of the just shall direct them, and the rebellion of the perverse will devastate themWealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from deathThe justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impietyThe justice of the upright shall free them. And the iniquitous will be seized by their own treacheryWhen the impious man is dead, there will no longer be any hope. And the expectation of the anxious will perishThe just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of himThe pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledgeIn the good of the just, the city shall exult. And in the perdition of the impious, there shall be praiseBy the blessing of the just, the city shall be exalted. And by the mouth of the impious, it will be subvertedWhoever despises his friend is destitute in heart. But the prudent man will remain silentWhoever walks dishonestly reveals secrets. But whoever is of a faithful soul conceals what is confided by a friendWhere there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall beHe will be afflicted with evil, who provides a guarantee for an outsider. But whoever is wary of traps shall be secureA gracious woman shall discover glory. And the robust will have wealthA merciful man benefits his own soul. But whoever is cruel casts out even his close relativesThe impious does work with inconstancy. But for the sower of justice, there is the reward of faithfulnessClemency prepares life. And the pursuit of evils prepares deathA depraved heart is abominable to the Lord. And his will is with those who walk in simplicityHand in hand, the evil shall not be innocent. But the offspring of the just shall be savedA beautiful and senseless woman is like a gold ring in the snout of a swineThe desire of the just is entirely good. The anticipation of the impious is furySome distribute their own goods, and they become wealthier. Others seize what is not their own, and they are always in needThe soul that blesses shall be made fat. And whoever inebriates will likewise be inebriated himselfWhoever hides away grain shall be cursed among the people. But a blessing is upon the head of those who sell itHe does well to rise early, who seeks what is good. But whoever is a seeker of evils shall be oppressed by themWhoever trusts in his riches will fall. But the just shall spring up like a green leafWhoever troubles his own house will possess the winds. And whoever is foolish will serve the wiseThe fruit of the just one is the tree of life. And whoever receives souls is wiseIf the just are repaid upon the earth, how much more the impious and the sinner
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