Dual Panel1False scales are an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights win his favour.
2When pride comes in, in comes contempt, but wisdom goes hand in hand with modesty.
3Integrity is a guide for the upright; the perfidious are ruined by their own duplicity.
4Wealth avails naught in the day of wrath, but uprightness is a safeguard against death.
5By uprightness the blameless keep their course, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
6Uprightness saves the righteous, but the perfidious are trapped by their own lies.
7When someone wicked dies, all his hopes perish, and any expectation of affluence ends.
8The righteous are rescued from disaster, and the wicked plunge into it.
9By their words the godless try to ruin others, but when the righteous plead for them they are saved.
10A city rejoices in the prosperity of the righteous, and when the wicked perish there is jubilation.
11By the blessing of the upright a city is raised to greatness, but the words of the wicked tear it down.
12One who belittles others is lacking in sense; someone of understanding holds his peace.
13A tale-bearer gives away secrets, but a trustworthy person respects a confidence.
14For want of skilful strategy an army is lost; victory is the fruit of long planning.
15Give a pledge for a stranger and you will suffer; refuse to stand surety and stay safe.
16A gracious woman gets honour; a bold man gets only a fortune.
17Kindness brings its own reward; cruelty earns trouble for itself.
18A wicked person earns a delusive profit, but he who sows goodness reaps a sure reward.
19Anyone set on righteousness finds life, but the pursuit of evil leads to death.
20The LORD detests the crooked heart, but honesty wins his favour.
21Depend upon it: an evildoer will not escape punishment, but the righteous and all their offspring will go free.
22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.
23The righteous desire only what is good; what the wicked hope for comes to nothing.
24One may spend freely and yet grow richer; another is tight-fisted, yet ends in poverty.
25A generous person enjoys prosperity, and one who refreshes others will be refreshed.
26Whoever holds back his grain is cursed by the people, but one who sells it earns their blessing.
27Someone who seeks what is good wins much favour, but one who pursues evil finds it recoils upon him.
28Whoever relies on his wealth is riding for a fall, but the righteous flourish like leaves sprouting.
29One who brings trouble on his family inherits the wind, and a fool becomes slave to one who is wise.
30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence results in the taking of life.
31If the righteous get their deserts on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner!