Proverbs 11
World English Bible (WEB) • 31 verses
1A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.
RelatedDeuteronomy 25:13-16 · Proverbs 16:11 · Proverbs 20:23 · Leviticus 19:35-36 · Proverbs 20:10 · Hosea 12:7
2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
RelatedProverbs 29:23 · Proverbs 16:18-19 · Luke 18:14 · Proverbs 15:33 · Proverbs 18:12 · Proverbs 3:34-35
3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
4Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
RelatedProverbs 5:22 · Psalms 9:15-16 · Proverbs 11:3 · Esther 7:3-10 · Matthew 27:4-5 · Proverbs 1:31-32
6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
RelatedEcclesiastes 10:8 · 1 Samuel 12:3-4 · 1 Kings 2:44 · Proverbs 5:22 · Psalms 7:15-16 · 1 Kings 2:32-33
7When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
8A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.
9With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
RelatedProverbs 14:34 · Proverbs 29:8 · James 3:6 · Job 22:30 · Ecclesiastes 9:15 · 2 Chronicles 32:20-22
12One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
13One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
RelatedProverbs 20:19 · Proverbs 25:9 · Leviticus 19:16 · 1 Timothy 5:13 · Proverbs 26:20-22 · Joshua 2:14
14Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
RelatedProverbs 24:6 · Proverbs 15:22 · Proverbs 20:18 · Proverbs 16:22 · 1 Kings 12:1-19 · Isaiah 19:11-14
15He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
16A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
RelatedProverbs 31:30-31 · Luke 10:42 · Acts 16:14-15 · Acts 9:39 · 1 Samuel 25:32-33 · Luke 11:21-22
17The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
RelatedGalatians 6:8-9 · Ecclesiastes 10:8 · James 3:18 · Hosea 10:12-13 · Proverbs 22:8 · Psalms 126:5-6
19He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
RelatedProverbs 10:16 · Proverbs 19:23 · Proverbs 12:28 · Romans 2:8-9 · Proverbs 1:16-19 · Proverbs 8:36
20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
RelatedPsalms 119:1 · Psalms 140:13 · Proverbs 21:29 · 1 Chronicles 29:17 · Psalms 18:25-26 · Psalms 51:6
21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
RelatedProverbs 19:17 · Luke 6:38 · Deuteronomy 15:10 · Psalms 112:9 · Ecclesiastes 11:6 · Haggai 1:9-11
25The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
RelatedMatthew 5:7 · 2 Corinthians 9:6-9 · Isaiah 58:7-11 · Matthew 25:34-35 · Isaiah 32:8 · Proverbs 28:27
26People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
Related1 Timothy 6:17 · Jeremiah 17:8 · Psalms 52:7-8 · Psalms 1:3 · Mark 10:24-25 · Psalms 92:12-14
29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
RelatedEcclesiastes 5:16 · Proverbs 14:19 · Habakkuk 2:9-10 · Proverbs 15:27 · 1 Samuel 25:3 · Genesis 34:30
30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
RelatedDaniel 12:3 · James 5:20 · 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 · 1 Thessalonians 2:19 · Proverbs 3:18 · John 4:36
31Behold, the righteous shall be repaid on the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
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