| Chapter 11 |
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Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight. --
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Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom. --
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The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them. --
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Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death. --
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The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. --
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The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured. --
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In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost. --
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The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him. --
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With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out. --
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In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing. --
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By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down. --
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Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence. --
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A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter. --
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Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors. --
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Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident. --
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A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches. --
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A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh. --
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The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward. --
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Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death. --
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An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight. --
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Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped. --
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A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour. --
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The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression. --
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There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. --
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A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered. --
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Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling. --
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Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him. --
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Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish. --
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Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart. --
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The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise. --
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Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner! --
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