Proverbs, 11

1. A false balance is abhorrent to Yahweh, a just weight is pleasing to him.

1. A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

2. Pride comes first; disgrace soon follows; with the humble is wisdom found.

2. When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom.

3. The honest have their own honesty for guidance, the treacherous are ruined by their own perfidy.

3. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

4. In the day of retribution riches will be useless, but uprightness delivers from death.

4. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

5. The uprightness of the good makes their way straight, the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

5. The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

6. Their uprightness sets the honest free, the treacherous are imprisoned by their own desires.

6. The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.

7. The hope of the wicked perishes with death, hope placed in riches comes to nothing.

7. When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.

8. The upright escapes affliction, the wicked incurs it instead.

8. The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

9. Through his mouth the godless is the ruin of his neighbour, but by knowledge the upright are safeguarded.

9. With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

10. When the upright prosper the city rejoices, when the wicked are ruined there is a shout of joy.

10. When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.

11. A city is raised on the blessing of the honest, and demolished by the mouth of the wicked.

11. By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

12. Whoever looks down on a neighbour lacks good sense; the intelligent keeps a check on the tongue.

12. He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

13. A tittle-tattler lets secrets out, the trustworthy keeps things hidden.

13. He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.

14. For want of leadership a people perishes, safety lies in many advisers.

14. Where there is no guidance, a people falls; but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

15. Whoever goes bail for a stranger does himself harm, but one who shuns going surety is safe.

15. He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.

16. A gracious woman acquires honour, violent people acquire wealth.

16. A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches.

17. Faithful love brings its own reward, the inflexible injure their own selves.

17. A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.

18. Disappointment crowns the labours of the wicked, whoever sows uprightness reaps a solid reward.

18. A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

19. Whoever establishes uprightness is on the way to life, whoever pursues evil, on the way to death.

19. He who is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.

20. Tortuous hearts are abhorrent to Yahweh, dear to him, those whose ways are blameless.

20. Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are his delight.

21. Be sure of it, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the race of the upright will come to no harm.

21. Be assured, an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered.

22. A golden ring in the snout of a pig is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.

22. Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.

23. The hope of the upright is nothing but good, the expectation of the wicked is retribution.

23. The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

24. One scatters money around, yet only adds to his wealth, another is excessively mean, but only grows the poorer.

24. One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

25. The soul who blesses will prosper, whoever satisfies others will also be satisfied.

25. A liberal man will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

26. The people's curse is on those who hoard the wheat, their blessing on the head of those who sell it.

26. The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

27. Whoever strives for good obtains favour, whoever looks for evil will get an evil return.

27. He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.

28. Whoever trusts in riches will have a fall, the upright will flourish like the leaves.

28. He who trusts in his riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

29. Whoever misgoverns a house inherits the wind, and the fool becomes slave to the wise.

29. He who troubles his household will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

30. The fruit of the upright is a tree of life: the sage captivates souls.

30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.

31. If here on earth the upright gets due reward, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

31. If the righteous is requited on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!