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........ Contrast the Upright and the Wicked
11:01 .. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.
11:02 .. When pride comes, then comes dishonor, but with the humble is wisdom.
11:03 .. The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
11:04 .. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
11:05 .. The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way, but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
11:06 .. The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
11:07 .. When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, and the hope of strong men perishes.
11:08 .. The righteous is delivered from trouble, but the wicked takes his place.
11:09 .. With his mouth, the godless man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge, the righteous will be delivered.
11:10 .. When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.
11:11 .. By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
11:12 .. He who despises his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding keeps silent.
11:13 .. He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
11:14 .. Where there is no guidance the people fall, but in abundance of counselors there is victory.
11:15 .. He who is guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer for it, but he who hates being a guarantor is secure.
11:16 .. A gracious woman attains honor, and ruthless men attain riches.
11:17 .. The merciful man does himself good, but the cruel man does himself harm.
11:18 .. The wicked earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.
11:19 .. He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life, and he who pursues evil will bring about his own death.
11:20 .. The perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
11:21 .. Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.
11:22 .. As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
11:23 .. The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
11:24 .. There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, and there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.
11:25 .. The generous man will be prosperous, and he who waters will himself be watered.
11:26 .. He who withholds grain, the people will curse him, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
11:27 .. He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.
11:28 .. He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.
11:29 .. He who troubles his own house will inherit wind, and the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted.
11:30 .. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.
11:31 .. If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
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