Proverbs 11:1-31 YLT

[1] Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight. [2] Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom. [3] The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them. [4] Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death. [5] The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. [6] The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured. [7] In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost. [8] The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him. [9] With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out. [10] In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing. [11] By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down. [12] Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence. [13] A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter. [14] Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors. [15] Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident. [16] A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches. [17] A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh. [18] The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward. [19] Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death. [20] An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight. [21] Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped. [22] A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour. [23] The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression. [24] There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. [25] A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered. [26] Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling. [27] Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him. [28] Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish. [29] Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart. [30] The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise. [31] Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!