11 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
    but an accurate weight is his delight.
² When pride comes, then comes disgrace;
    but wisdom is with the humble.
³ The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
⁴ Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.
⁵ The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight,
    but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
⁶ The righteousness of the upright saves them,
    but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.
⁷ When the wicked die, their hope perishes,
    and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.
⁸ The righteous are delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked get into it instead.
⁹ With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbours,
    but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
¹⁰ When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices;
    and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
¹¹ By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
    but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
¹² Whoever belittles another lacks sense,
    but an intelligent person remains silent.
¹³ A gossip goes about telling secrets,
    but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.
¹⁴ Where there is no guidance, a nation^[a] falls,
    but in an abundance of counsellors there is safety.
¹⁵ To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble,
    but there is safety in refusing to do so.
¹⁶ A gracious woman gets honour,
    but she who hates virtue is covered with shame.^[b]
The timid become destitute,^[c]
    but the aggressive gain riches.
¹⁷ Those who are kind reward themselves,
    but the cruel do themselves harm.
¹⁸ The wicked earn no real gain,
    but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.
¹⁹ Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,
    but whoever pursues evil will die.
²⁰ Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord,
    but those of blameless ways are his delight.
²¹ Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will escape.
²² Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
    is a beautiful woman without good sense.
²³ The desire of the righteous ends only in good;
    the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
²⁴ Some give freely, yet grow all the richer;
    others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.
²⁵ A generous person will be enriched,
    and one who gives water will get water.
²⁶ The people curse those who hold back grain,
    but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.
²⁷ Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favour,
    but evil comes to the one who searches for it.
²⁸ Those who trust in their riches will wither,^[d]
    but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.
²⁹ Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.
³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    but violence^[e] takes lives away.
³¹ If the righteous are repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!