Chapter 11

¹ False balances are an abomination before the Lord:

Pr 11:1

² Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace:

Pr 11:2

³ When a just man dies he leaves regret:

Pr 11:3

⁵ Righteousness traces out blameless paths:

Pr 11:5

⁶ The righteousness of upright men delivers them:

Pr 11:6

⁷ At the death of a just man his hope does not perish:

Pr 11:7

⁸ A righteous man escapes from a snare,

Pr 11:8

⁹ In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens:

Pr 11:9

¹⁰ In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers:

Pr 11:10

¹¹ But by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown.

Pr 11:11

¹² A man void of understanding sneers at [his fellow] citizens:

Pr 11:12

¹³ A double-tongued man discloses the [secret] counsels of an assembly:

Pr 11:13

¹⁴ They that have no guidance fall like leaves:

Pr 11:14

¹⁵ A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man:

Pr 11:15

¹⁶ A gracious wife brings glory to her husband:

Pr 11:16

¹⁷ A merciful man does good to his own soul:

Pr 11:17

¹⁸ An ungodly man performs unrighteous works:

Pr 11:18

¹⁹ A righteous son is born for life:

Pr 11:19

²⁰ Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord:

Pr 11:20

²¹ He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished:

Pr 11:21

²² As an ornament in a swine’s snout,

Pr 11:22

²³ All the desire of the righteous is good:

Pr 11:23

²⁴ There are [some] who scatter their own, and make it more:

Pr 11:24

²⁵ Every sincere soul is blessed:

Pr 11:25

²⁶ May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation:

Pr 11:26

²⁷ He that devises good [counsels] seeks good favor:

Pr 11:27

²⁸ He that trusts in wealth shall fall;

Pr 11:28

²⁹ He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind;

Pr 11:29

³⁰ Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life;

Pr 11:30

³¹ If the righteous scarcely be saved,

Pr 11:31