11:1. A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just
weight is his will.
11:2. Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility
is, there also is wisdom.
11:3. The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness
of the wicked shall destroy them.
11:4. Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall
deliver from death.
11:5. The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the
wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
11:6. The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust
shall be caught in their own snares.
11:7. When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and
the expectation of the solicitous shall perish.
11:8. The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be
given up for him.
11:9. The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just
shall be delivered by knowledge.
11:10. When it goeth well with the just, the city shall rejoice: and
when the wicked perish, there shall be praise.
11:11. By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the
mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.
11:12. He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man
will hold his peace.
11:13. He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is
faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend.
11:14. Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is
safety where there is much counsel.
11:15. He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger:
but he that is aware of snares, shall be secure.
11:16. A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have
riches.
11:17. A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel
casteth off even his own kindred.
11:18. The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth
justice, there is a faithful reward.
11:19. Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.
11:20. A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in
them that walk sincerely.
11:21. Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of
the just shall be saved.
11:22. A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.
11:23. The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked
is indignation.
11:24. Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take
away what is not their own, and are always in want.
11:25. The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that
inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.
11:26. He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a
blessing upon the head of them that sell.
11:27. Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that
seeketh after evil things, shall be oppressed by them.
11:28. He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall
spring up as a green leaf.
11:29. He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the
fool shall serve the wise.
11:30. The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth
souls is wise.
11:31. If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked
and the sinner.