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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Watch What You Say and Do</h3>1The Lord hates anyonewho cheats,but he likes everyonewho is honest.2Too much pridecan put you to shame.It's wiser to be humble.3If you do the right thing,honesty will be your guide.But if you are crooked,you will be trappedby your own dishonesty.4When God is angry,money won't help you.Obeying God is the only wayto be saved from death.5If you are truly good,you will do right;if you are wicked,you will be destroyedby your own sin.6Honesty can keep you safe,but if you can't be trusted,you trap yourself.7When the wicked die,their hopes die with them.8Trouble goes right pastthe Lord's peopleand strikes the wicked.9Dishonest people use gossipto destroy their neighbors;good people are protectedby their own good sense.10When honest people prosperand the wicked disappear,the whole city celebrates.11Good people bring prosperityto their city,but deceitful liarscan destroy a city.12It's stupid to say bad thingsabout your neighbors.If you are sensible,you will keep quiet.13A gossip tells everything,but a true friendwill keep a secret.14<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.11.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> A city without wise leaderswill end up in ruin;a city with many wise leaderswill be kept safe.15It's a dangerous thingto guarantee paymentfor someone's debts.Don't do it!16A gracious womanwill be respected,but a ruthless manwill only get rich.17Kindness is rewarded—but if you are cruel,you hurt yourself.18Meanness gets you nowhere,but goodness is rewarded.19Always do the right thing,and you will live;keep on doing wrong,and you will die.20The Lord hates sneaky people,but he likes everyonewho lives right.21You can be sure of this:All crooks will be punished,but God's people won't.22A beautiful womanwho acts foolishlyis like a gold ringon the snout of a pig.23Good people want what is best,but troublemakershope to stir up trouble.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.11.23!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 24Sometimes you can become richby being generousor poor by being greedy.25Generosity will be rewarded:Give a cup of water,and you will receivea cup of water in return.26Charge too much for grain,and you will be cursed;sell it at a fair price,and you will be praised.27Try hard to do right,and you will win friends;go looking for trouble,and you will find it.28Trust in your wealth,and you will be a failure,but God's people will prosperlike healthy plants.29Fools who cause troublein the familywon't inherit a thing.They will end up as slavesof someone with good sense.30Live right, and you will eatfrom the life-giving tree.And if you act wisely,others will follow.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.11.30!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 31<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.11.31!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> If good people are rewarded<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.11.31!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> here on this earth,all who are cruel and meanwill surely be punished.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Good people … trouble: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Good people do what is best, but troublemakers just stir up trouble.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.30 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">act … follow: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew; one ancient translation “but violence leads to death.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.31 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">rewarded: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “punished.”</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English 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