Proverbs 11: (YLT)
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1) Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
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2) Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.
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3) The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
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4) Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
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5) The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
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6) The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
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7) In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.
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8) The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
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9) With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
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10) In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
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11) By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
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12) Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
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13) A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
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14) Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
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15) Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
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16) A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.
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17) A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
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18) The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.
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19) Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.
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20) An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
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21) Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
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22) A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
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23) The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
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24) There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
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25) A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.
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26) Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
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27) Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.
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28) Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
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29) Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart.
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30) The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.
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31) Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
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