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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">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"><div class="poetry"> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>A false balance is an abomination to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but an accurate weight is his delight.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>When pride comes, then comes disgrace;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but wisdom is with the humble.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>The integrity of the upright guides them,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>The righteousness of the upright saves them,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>When the wicked die, their hope perishes,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>The righteous are delivered from trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the wicked get into it instead.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Whoever belittles another lacks sense,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but an intelligent person remains silent.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>A gossip goes about telling secrets,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>Where there is no guidance, a nation<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18773a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> falls,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but there is safety in refusing to do so.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>A gracious woman gets honor,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but she who hates virtue is covered with shame.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18775b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="text">The timid become destitute,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18775c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the aggressive gain riches.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Those who are kind reward themselves,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the cruel do themselves harm.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>The wicked earn no real gain,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but whoever pursues evil will die.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Crooked minds are an abomination to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but those of blameless ways are his delight.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but those who are righteous will escape.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">is a beautiful woman without good sense.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>The desire of the righteous ends only in good;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the expectation of the wicked in wrath.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>Some give freely, yet grow all the richer;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>A generous person will be enriched,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and one who gives water will get water.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>The people curse those who hold back grain,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but evil comes to the one who searches for it.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>Those who trust in their riches will wither,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18787d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the fool will be servant to the wise.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but violence<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18789e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> takes lives away.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>If the righteous are repaid on earth,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">how much more the wicked and the sinner!</span></span></p> </div><A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 11:14">Proverbs 11:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>an army</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 11:16">Proverbs 11:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Compare Gk Syr: Heb lacks <i>but she�.�.�. shame</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 11:16">Proverbs 11:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb lacks <i>The timid�.�.�. destitute</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 11:28">Proverbs 11:28</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>fall</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 11:30">Proverbs 11:30</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb <i>a wise man</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of 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