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