11:1
A false balance is abhorrent to Yahweh, a just weight is pleasing to him.
11:2
Pride comes first; disgrace soon follows; with the humble is wisdom found.
11:3
The honest have their own honesty for guidance, the treacherous are ruined by their own perfidy.
11:4
In the day of retribution riches will be useless, but uprightness delivers from death.
11:5
The uprightness of the good makes their way straight, the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
11:6
Their uprightness sets the honest free, the treacherous are imprisoned by their own desires.
11:7
The hope of the wicked perishes with death, hope placed in riches comes to nothing.
11:8
The upright escapes affliction, the wicked incurs it instead.
11:9
Through his mouth the godless is the ruin of his neighbour, but by knowledge the upright are safeguarded.
11:10
When the upright prosper the city rejoices, when the wicked are ruined there is a shout of joy.
11:11
A city is raised on the blessing of the honest, and demolished by the mouth of the wicked.
11:12
Whoever looks down on a neighbour lacks good sense; the intelligent keeps a check on the tongue.
11:13
A tittle-tattler lets secrets out, the trustworthy keeps things hidden.
11:14
For want of leadership a people perishes, safety lies in many advisers.
11:15
Whoever goes bail for a stranger does himself harm, but one who shuns going surety is safe.
11:16
A gracious woman acquires honour, violent people acquire wealth.
11:17
Faithful love brings its own reward, the inflexible injure their own selves.
11:18
Disappointment crowns the labours of the wicked, whoever sows uprightness reaps a solid reward.
11:19
Whoever establishes uprightness is on the way to life, whoever pursues evil, on the way to death.
11:20
Tortuous hearts are abhorrent to Yahweh, dear to him, those whose ways are blameless.
11:21
Be sure of it, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the race of the upright will come to no harm.
11:22
A golden ring in the snout of a pig is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.
11:23
The hope of the upright is nothing but good, the expectation of the wicked is retribution.
11:24
One scatters money around, yet only adds to his wealth, another is excessively mean, but only grows the poorer.
11:25
The soul who blesses will prosper, whoever satisfies others will also be satisfied.
11:26
The people's curse is on those who hoard the wheat, their blessing on the head of those who sell it.
11:27
Whoever strives for good obtains favour, whoever looks for evil will get an evil return.
11:28
Whoever trusts in riches will have a fall, the upright will flourish like the leaves.
11:29
Whoever misgoverns a house inherits the wind, and the fool becomes slave to the wise.
11:30
The fruit of the upright is a tree of life: the sage captivates souls.
11:31
If here on earth the upright gets due reward, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
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