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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! |