Proverbs 11
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Proverbs 11
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Lev 19.35; Deut 25.13–16 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is his delight.
2 #
Prov 16.18
When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but wisdom is with the humble.
3 #
Prov 13.6
The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
4 #
Gen 7.1; Ezek 7.19; Zeph 1.18 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
5The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight,
but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
6 #
Eccl 10.8
The righteousness of the upright saves them,
but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.
7 #
Prov 10.28
When the wicked die, hope perishes,
and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.
8 #
Prov 21.18
The righteous are delivered from trouble,
and the wicked come into it instead.
9With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors,
but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
10 #
Prov 28.12
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
11 #
Prov 29.8
By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
12 #
Prov 10.19; 14.21 Whoever belittles another lacks sense,
but an intelligent person remains silent.
13 #
Lev 19.6; Prov 19.11; 20.19; 1 Tim 5.13 A gossip goes about telling secrets,
but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.
14 #
Prov 15.22; 20.18; 24.6 Where there is no guidance, a nation#11.14 Or an army falls,
but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
15To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble,
but there is safety in refusing to do so.
16 #
Prov 31.30
A gracious woman gets honor,
but she who hates virtue is covered with shame.#11.16 Compare Gk Syr: Heb lacks but she…shame
The timid become destitute,#11.16 Gk: Heb lacks The timid…destitute
but the aggressive gain riches.
17Those who are kind reward themselves,
but the cruel do themselves harm.
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Hos 10.12; Gal 6.8, 9 The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.
19Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,
but whoever pursues evil will die.
20 #
Ps 119.1; Prov 12.22 Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord,
but those of blameless ways are his delight.
21 #
Ps 112.2; Prov 16.5 Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished,
but those who are righteous will escape.
22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
is a beautiful woman without good sense.
23The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
24 #
Prov 13.7; 19.17 Some give freely yet grow all the richer;
others withhold what is due and only suffer want.
25 #
Mt 5.7; 2 Cor 9.6–10 A generous person will be enriched,
and one who gives water will get water.
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Job 29.13; Am 8.5, 6 The people curse those who hold back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.
27 #
Esth 7.10; Ps 7.15; 10.2 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but evil comes to the one who searches for it.
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Ps 1.3; 52.7; Jer 17.8; Mk 10.24; 1 Tim 6.17 Those who trust in their riches will wither,#11.28 Cn: Heb fall
but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.
29Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.
30 #
1 Cor 9.19; Jas 5.20 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the wise capture souls.
31 #
2 Sam 22.21, 25; Prov 13.21 If the righteous are repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and the sinner!
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