Proverbs 11
Brenton 1851 translation with original translator material, eBible HTML edition
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1 False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.
2 Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.*
5 Righteousness §traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.
6 The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.
7 At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.
8 A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
9 In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.
10 In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers:**
11 but by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown.
12 A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.
13 A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: but he that is ††faithful in spirit conceals matters.
14 They that have no ‡‡guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.
15 A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.
17 A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.
18 An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.
19 A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly ends in death.
20 Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.
21 He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness shall receive a faithful reward.
22 As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.
23 All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
24 There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less.†††
25 Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.
26 May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives it.
27 He that devises good counsels seeks good favour: but as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him.
28 He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall rise.‡‡‡
29 He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.
30 Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.
31 §§§If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Source notes
*11:2 See Appendix.
†11:3 the Alexandrine text reads: “The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the overthrow of the rebellious shall spoil them.”
‡11:3 Comp. Heb.
§11:5 Gr. right divides.
**11:10 See Appendix which gives the Alexandrine text as: “[note - Part of verse 10.]— but at the destruction of the wicked there is exultation.”
††11:13 See chap 20. 27.
‡‡11:14 Or, governance.
§§11:16 Gr. raises.
***11:16 Gr. manly.