Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 10

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Chapter 11

1


 

  Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.  

 

 


2


 

  Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.  

 

 


3


 

  The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.  

 

 


4


 

  Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.  

 

 


5


 

  The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.  

 

 


6


 

  The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.  

 

 


7


 

  In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.  

 

 


8


 

  The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.  

 

 


9


 

  With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.  

 

 


10


 

  In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.  

 

 


11


 

  By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.  

 

 


12


 

  Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.  

 

 


13


 

  A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.  

 

 


14


 

  Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.  

 

 


15


 

  Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.  

 

 


16


 

  A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.  

 

 


17


 

  A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.  

 

 


18


 

  The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.  

 

 


19


 

  Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.  

 

 


20


 

  An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.  

 

 


21


 

  Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.  

 

 


22


 

  A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.  

 

 


23


 

  The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.  

 

 


24


 

  There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.  

 

 


25


 

  A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.  

 

 


26


 

  Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.  

 

 


27


 

  Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.  

 

 


28


 

  Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.  

 

 


29


 

  Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart.  

 

 


30


 

  The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.  

 

 


31


 

  Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!  

 

 


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