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¹ False balances are hateful to Jehovah, but a perfect stone is His delight.

² Pride comes, then shame comes, but with the lowly is wisdom.

³ The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of traitors will devastate them.

⁴ Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but traitors shall be taken in their lust.

⁷ In the death of a wicked man, his expectation shall perish, and the hope of the unjust shall be lost.

⁸ The righteous is delivered from distress, and the wicked goes in instead of him.

⁹ The ungodly is corrupting his neighbor with his mouth, but the just is delivered by knowledge.

¹⁰ When the righteous prospers, the city rejoices; and at the wicked's perishing is singing.¹¹ A city is lifted up by the blessing of the upright, but by the wicked's mouth it is overthrown.

¹² One despising his friend lacks heart, but an understanding man remains silent.¹³ One going with slander is a revealer of secrets, but the faithful of spirit keeps a matter hidden.

¹⁴ In the absence of wise counsels the people fall, but safety is in abundance of counselors.

¹⁵ One suffers evil when he is surety for a stranger, but one hating strikers of hands is trusted.

¹⁶ A gracious woman holds to honor, and terrifying men hold to riches.

¹⁷ A merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel troubles his own flesh.

¹⁸ The wicked makes a deceitful wage, but one sowing righteousness has a reward of truth.

¹⁹ So righteousness leads to life, but one pursuing evil, to his death.

²⁰ Hateful to Jehovah are the perverse hearted, but His delight is the upright in way.

²¹ Though hand join to hand, the evil shall not be innocent, but the righteous seed escapes.

²² As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a woman who is beautiful, yet turning aside discretion.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good, the hope of the wicked is wrath.

²⁴ There is one who scatters yet increases more; but a withholder of just due comes only to poverty.

²⁵ The blessed soul will be made fat; he who waters will also drink fully.

²⁶ One holding back grain, the people curse him; but a blessing is to the head of one selling grain.

²⁷ He who early is seeking good seeks favor; but one pursuing evil, it shall come to him.

²⁸ One trusting in his riches, he shall fall; but like a green leaf the righteous shall sprout.

²⁹ One troubling his house inherits the wind; and the fool is servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he who takes hold of souls is wise.

³¹ Behold, the righteous shall be rewarded in the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner.