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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 11 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Proverbs 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" 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">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/11-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Dishonest Scales<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../deuteronomy/25.htm#13">Deuteronomy 25:13–16</a>; <a href ="../ezekiel/45.htm#10">Ezekiel 45:10–12</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Balances of deceit, an abomination of Jehovah: and a whole stone his delight.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Pride coming, and dishonor will come: and wisdom with the humble.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The integrity of the upright shall guide them: and the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath, and justice will deliver from death.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The justice of the blameless shall make straight his way, and in his injustice the unjust shall fall.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The justice of the upright shall deliver them, and transgressors shall be taken in their mischief.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In the death of an unjust man expectation shall perish: and the hope of the vain shall perish.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The just one was delivered from straits, and the unjust will come in his stead.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>With the mouth the profane will destroy his neighbor: and by knowledge, shall the just one be delivered.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In the good of the just the city will exult: and in the perishing of the unjust it rejoiced.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>By the blessing of the upright the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the unjust it shall be overthrown.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He wanting heart despised for his neighbor: and a man of understanding will be silent.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He going about tale-bearing reveals a secret: and he being faithful of spirit hides the word.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In no guidance the people will fall: and salvation in a multitude of counseling.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The evil one shall become evil, for he became surety for a stranger: and he hating those striking hands being secure.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>A woman of grace will obtain honor, and the powerful will obtain riches.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The man of mercy benefited his soul: and the cruel troubled his flesh.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So justice to life, and he pursuing evil, to his death.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The perverse of heart are an abomination of Jehovah, and the blameless of way his delight.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Hand to hand, the evil one shall not be unpunished: and the seed of the just were delivered.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>A ring of gold in the nose of a swine, a fair woman and she departed from discernment.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The desire of the just is only good: the expectation of the unjust, wrath.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>There is scattering and yet adding; and the withholding more than right, only to want.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The soul of blessing shall be made fat: also he watering, shall himself drink to the full.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He withholding grain, the people shall curse him: and blessing upon the head of him selling.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He seeking good shall strive after acceptance: and he seeking evil, it shall come to him.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He trusting in his riches himself shall fall: and the just shall flourish as the foliage.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He troubling his house shall inherit wind: and the foolish is servant to the wise of heart.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The fruit of the just a tree of life; and he taking souls is wise.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Behold, the just shall be requited in the earth: much more the unjust one and the sinning.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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