Proverbs Chapter[BR] 11

1 False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.

2 Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.

3 *Alex. The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the overthrow of the rebellious shall spoil them. When a just man dies he Comp. Heb. leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.

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4 *Possessions will not profit in a day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.

5 Righteousness *Gr. rightly divides; See 2 Ti 2:15 traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.

6 The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.

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7 At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.

8 A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.

9 In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.

10 In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: *Alex. but at the destruction of the wicked there is exultation.

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11 *At the blessing of the upright a city shall be exalted; (11:10AA) but by the mouth of ungodly men it is overthrown.

12 A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.

13 A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: but he that is *See Pr 20:27 faithful in spirit conceals matters.

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14 They that have no *Or, governance guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.

15 A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.

16 A gracious wife *Gr. raises brings glory to her husband: but a woman hating righteousness is a theme of dishonour. The slothful come to want: but the Gr. manly diligent support themselves with wealth.

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17 A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.

18 An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.

19 A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly ends in death.

20 Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.

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21 He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward.

22 As an ornament in a swine’s snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded women.

23 All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

24 There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet *Gr. are diminished have less.

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25 Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.

26 May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives it.

27 He that devises good counsels seeks good favour: but as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him.

28 He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall *See 1 Ti 5:8 rise.

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29 He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.

30 Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.

31 *See 1 Pe 4:18 If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?