Proverbs 11

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1: Scales [are]H3976 DishonestH4820 an abomination toH8441 Yahweh,H3068 but a weight [is]H0068 justH8003 His delight.H7522

2: When comes,H0935 prideH2087 then comesH0935 shame,H7036 but withH0854 the humble [is]H6800 wisdom.H2451

3: The integrityH8538 of the uprightH3477 will guide themH5148 but the perversityH5558 of the unfaithfulH0898 will destroy them.H7703

4: NotH3808 do profitH3276 RichesH1952 in the dayH3117 of wrath,H5678 but righteousnessH6666 deliversH5337 from death.H4194

5: The righteousnessH6666 of the blamelessH8549 will direct arightH3474 his way,H1870 but by his own wickednessH7564 will fallH5307 the wicked.H7563

6: The righteousnessH6666 of the uprightH3477 will deliver themH5337 but by [their] lustH1942 the unfaithfulH0898 will be caught.H3920

7: When dies,H4194 a manH0120 wickedH7563 will perish,H0006 [his] expectationH8615 and the hope inH8431 strengthH0205 perishes.H0006

8: The righteousH6662 from trouble,H6869 is deliveredH2502 and it comesH0935 to the wickedH7563 instead.H8478

9: With [his] mouthH6310 the hypocriteH2611 destroysH7843 his neighbor,H7453 but through knowledgeH1847 the righteousH6662 will be delivered.H2502

10: When it [goes] wellH2898 with the righteous,H6662 rejoices,H5970 the cityH7151 and when perish,H0006 the wickedH7563 [there is] jubilation.H7440

11: By the blessingH1293 of the uprightH3477 is exalted,H7311 the cityH7176 but by the mouthH6310 of the wickedH7563 it is overthrown.H2040

12: DespisesH0936 his neighbor-H7453 He who is lackingH2638 of wisdomH3820 but a manH0376 of understandingH8394 holds his peace.H2790

13: A talebearerH1980 talebearerH7400 revealsH1540 secrets,H5475 but he who is of a faithfulH0539 spiritH7307 concealsH3680 a matter.H1697

14: Where [there is] noH0369 counselH8458 fall,H5307 the peopleH5971 but [there is] safetyH8668 in the multitudeH7230 of counselors.H3289

15: Will surelyH7451 will sufferH7489 forH3588 He who is suretyH6148 for a strangerH2114 but one who hatesH8130 being suretyH8628 is secure.H0982

16: A womanH0802 graciousH2580 retainsH8551 honor,H3519 but ruthless [men]H6184 retainH8551 riches.H6239

17: Does goodH1580 for his own soul-H5315 the manH0376 mercifulH2617 but troublesH5916 his own fleshH7607 [he who is] cruel.H0394

18: The wicked [man]H7563 doesH6213 work-H6468 deceptiveH8267 but he who sowsH2232 righteousnessH6666 [will have] a rewardH7938 sure.H0571

19: AsH3651 righteousness [leads]H6666 to life-H2416 so he who pursuesH7291 evilH7451 [pursues it] to his own death.H4194

20: [are] an abomination toH8441 Yahweh,H3068 Those who are of a perverseH6141 heartH3820 but His delightH7522 the blameless [are]H8549 in their ways.H1870

21: [Though [they join]H3027 forces,H3027 notH3808 will go unpunished-H5352 the wickedH7451 but the posterityH2233 of the righteousH6662 will be delivered.H4422

22: [As] a ringH5141 of goldH2091 in a snout,H0639 of swineH2386 [So is] a womanH0802 lovelyH3303 and who lacksH5493 discretion.H2940

23: The desireH8378 of the righteousH6662 onlyH0389 [is] good,H2896 [But] the expectationH8615 of the wickedH7563 [is] wrath.H5678

24: There isH3426 [one] who scatters,H6340 and increases more-H3254 yetH5750 and there is [one] who withholdsH2820 more than is right,H3476 but it [leads]H0389 to poverty.H4270

25: The soulH5315 generousH1293 will be made rich,H1878 and he who watersH7301 alsoH1571 heH1931 will be watered.H3384

26: Who withholdsH4513 grain,H1250 will curse himH5344 the peopleH3816 but blessing [will be]H1293 on the headH7218 of him who sells [it].H7666

27: He who earnestly seeksH7836 goodH2896 findsH1245 favor,H7522 but who seeks [evil]H1875 trouble,H7451 will come to him.H0935

28: Who trustsH0982 in his richesH6239 HeH1931 will fall,H5307 but like foliageH5929 the righteousH6662 will flourish.H6524

29: He who troublesH5916 his own houseH1004 will inheritH5157 the wind,H7307 and servantH5650 the fool [will be]H0191 to the wiseH2450 of heart.H3820

30: The fruitH6529 of the righteousH6662 [is a] treeH6086 of life-H2416 and he who winsH3947 soulsH5315 [is] wise.H2450

31: If,H2005 the righteousH6662 on the earth,H0776 will be recompensedH7999 much moreH0637 how much moreH3588 the ungodlyH7563 and the sinner.H2398