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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/10.htm" title="Proverbs 10">◄</a> Proverbs 11 <a href="../proverbs/12.htm" title="Proverbs 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch24011" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn24011" class="cn"></h1> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v24011001" class="ver">1</span>False scales are an abomination to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">but an honest weight, his delight.<a id="rfn24011001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011001-1">*</a> <a id="ren24011001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011002" class="ver">2</span>When pride comes, disgrace comes;</p> <p class="sl1">but with the humble is wisdom.<a id="rfn24011002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011002-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011003" class="ver">3</span>The honesty of the upright guides them;</p> <p class="sl1">the faithless are ruined by their duplicity.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011004" class="ver">4</span>Wealth is useless on a day of wrath,<a id="rfn24011004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011004-1">*</a> <a id="ren24011004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">but justice saves from death.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011005" class="ver">5</span>The justice of the honest makes their way straight,</p> <p class="sl1">but by their wickedness the wicked fall.<a id="rfn24011005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011005-1">*</a> <a id="ren24011005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011005-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011006" class="ver">6</span>The justice of the upright saves them,</p> <p class="sl1">but the faithless are caught in their own intrigue.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011007" class="ver">7</span>When a person dies, hope is destroyed;<a id="ren24011007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011007-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">expectation pinned on wealth is destroyed.<a id="rfn24011007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011007-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011008" class="ver">8</span>The just are rescued from a tight spot,</p> <p class="sl1">but the wicked fall into it instead.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011009" class="ver">9</span>By a word the impious ruin their neighbors,<a id="ren24011009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011009-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">but through their knowledge the just are rescued.<a id="rfn24011009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011009-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011010" class="ver">10</span>When the just prosper, the city rejoices;<a id="ren24011010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011010-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl1">when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011011" class="ver">11</span>Through the blessing of the upright the city is exalted,</p> <p class="sl1">but through the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011012" class="ver">12</span>Whoever reviles a neighbor lacks sense,</p> <p class="sl1">but the intelligent keep silent.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011013" class="ver">13</span>One who slanders reveals secrets,<a id="ren24011013-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011013-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl1">but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011014" class="ver">14</span>For lack of guidance a people falls;</p> <p class="sl1">security lies in many counselors.<a id="ren24011014-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011014-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011015" class="ver">15</span>Harm will come to anyone going surety for another,<a id="ren24011015-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011015-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl1">but whoever hates giving pledges is secure.<a id="rfn24011015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011015-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011016" class="ver">16</span>A gracious woman gains esteem,</p> <p class="sl1">and ruthless men gain wealth.<a id="rfn24011016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011016-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011017" class="ver">17</span>Kindly people benefit themselves,</p> <p class="sl1">but the merciless harm themselves.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011018" class="ver">18</span>The wicked make empty profits,</p> <p class="sl1">but those who sow justice have a sure reward.<a id="ren24011018-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011018-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011019" class="ver">19</span>Justice leads toward life,</p> <p class="sl1">but pursuit of evil, toward death.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011020" class="ver">20</span>The crooked in heart are an abomination to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">but those who walk blamelessly are his delight.<a id="rfn24011020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011020-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011021" class="ver">21</span>Be assured, the wicked shall not go unpunished,</p> <p class="sl1">but the offspring of the just shall escape.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011022" class="ver">22</span>Like a golden ring in a swine’s snout</p> <p class="sl1">is a beautiful woman without judgment.<a id="rfn24011022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011022-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011023" class="ver">23</span>The desire of the just ends only in good;</p> <p class="sl1">the expectation of the wicked is wrath.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011024" class="ver">24</span>One person is lavish yet grows still richer;</p> <p class="sl1">another is too sparing, yet is the poorer.<a id="rfn24011024-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011024-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011025" class="ver">25</span>Whoever confers benefits will be amply enriched,</p> <p class="sl1">and whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011026" class="ver">26</span>Whoever hoards grain, the people curse,</p> <p class="sl1">but blessings are on the head of one who distributes it!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011027" class="ver">27</span>Those who seek the good seek favor,</p> <p class="sl1">but those who pursue evil will have evil come upon them.<a id="rfn24011027-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011027-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011028" class="ver">28</span>Those who trust in their riches will fall,</p> <p class="sl1">but like green leaves the just will flourish.<a id="ren24011028-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011028-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011029" class="ver">29</span>Those who trouble their household inherit the wind,</p> <p class="sl1">and fools become slaves to the wise of heart.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011030" class="ver">30</span>The fruit of justice is a tree of life,</p> <p class="sl1">and one who takes lives is a sage.<a id="rfn24011030-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011030-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24011031" class="ver">31</span>If the just are recompensed on the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">how much more the wicked and the sinner!<a id="rfn24011031-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24011031-1">*</a> <a id="ren24011031-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24011031-l">l</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, 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