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Proverbs 11
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11The LORD hates people who use dishonest scales. He is happy with honest weights.H4820H3976H8441H3068H8003H68H7522
2People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is wiser to be modest.H2087H935H935H7036H6800H2451
3If you are good, you are guided by honesty. People who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.H8538H3477H5148H5558H898H7703H7703
4Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.H1952H3276H3117H5678H6666H5337H4194
5Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall.H6666H8549H3474H1870H7563H5307H7564
6Righteousness rescues those who are honest, but those who can't be trusted are trapped by their own greed.H6666H3477H5337H898H3920H1942
7When the wicked die, their hope dies with them. Confidence placed in riches comes to nothing.H7563H120H4194H8615H6H8431H205H6
8The righteous are protected from trouble; it comes to the wicked instead.H6662H2502H6869H7563H935
9You can be ruined by the talk of godless people, but the wisdom of the righteous can save you.H2611H6310H7843H7453H1847H6662H2502
10A city is happy when honest people have good fortune, and there are joyful shouts when the wicked die.H2898H6662H7151H5970H7563H6H7440
11A city becomes great when the righteous give it their blessing; but a city is brought to ruin by the words of the wicked.H1293H3477H7176H7311H2040H6310H7563
12It is foolish to speak scornfully of others. If you are smart, you will keep quiet.H2638H3820H936H7453H376H8394H2790
13No one who gossips can be trusted with a secret, but you can put confidence in someone who is trustworthy.H1980H7400H1540H5475H539H7307H3680H1697
14A nation will fall if it has no guidance. Many advisers mean security.H8458H5971H5307H7230H3289H8668
15If you promise to pay a stranger's debt, you will regret it. You are better off if you don't get involved.H6148H2114H7321H7451H8130H8628H982
16A gracious woman is respected, but a woman without virtue is a disgrace. Lazy people will never have money, but aggressive people will get rich.H2580H802H8551H3519H6184H8551H6239
17You do yourself a favor when you are kind. If you are cruel, you only hurt yourself.H2617H376H1580H5315H394H5916H7607
18Wicked people do not really gain anything, but if you do what is right, you are certain to be rewarded.H7563H6213H8267H6468H2232H6666H571H7938
19Anyone who is determined to do right will live, but anyone who insists on doing wrong will die.H6666H2416H7291H7451H4194
20The LORD hates evil-minded people, but loves those who do right.H6141H3820H8441H3068H8549H1870H7522
21You can be sure that evil people will be punished, but the righteous will escape.H3027H3027H7451H5352H2233H6662H4422
22Beauty in a woman without good judgment is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.H5141H2091H2386H639H3303H802H5493H2940
23What good people want always results in good; when the wicked get what they want, everyone is angry.H8378H6662H2896H8615H7563H5678
24Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer.H3426H6340H3254H2820H3476H4270
25Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped.H1293H5315H1878H7301H3384
26People curse someone who hoards grain, waiting for a higher price, but they praise the one who puts it up for sale.H4513H1250H3816H5344H1293H7218H7666
27If your goals are good, you will be respected, but if you are looking for trouble, that is what you will get.H7836H2896H1245H7522H1875H7451H935
28Those who depend on their wealth will fall like the leaves of autumn, but the righteous will prosper like the leaves of summer.H982H6239H5307H6662H6524H5929
29Those who bring trouble on their families will have nothing at the end. Foolish people will always be servants to the wise.H5916H1004H5157H7307H191H5650H2450H3820
30Righteousness gives life, but violence takes it away.H6529H6662H6086H2416H3947H5315H2450
31Those who are good are rewarded here on earth, so you can be sure that wicked and sinful people will be punished.H6662H7999H776H7563H2398


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