1The Lord <03068> abhors <08441> dishonest <04820> scales <03976>, but an accurate <08003> weight <068> is his elight <07522>.
2When pride <02087> comes <0935>, then comes <0935> disgrace <07036>, but with <0854> humility <06800> comes wisdom <02451>.
3The integrity <08538> of the upright <03477> guides <05148> them, but the crookedness <05558> of the unfaithful <0898> destroys <07703> them.
4Wealth <01952> does not <03808> profit <03276> in the day <03117> of wrath <05678>, but righteousness <06666> delivers <05337> from mortal danger <04194>.
5The righteousness <06666> of the blameless <08549> will make straight <03474> their way <01870>, but the wicked person <07563> will fall <05307> by his own wickedness <07564>.
6The righteousness <06666> of the upright <03477> will deliver <05337> them, but the faithless <0898> will be captured <03920> by their own desires <01942>.
7When a wicked <07563> person <0120> dies <04194>, his expectation <08431> perishes <06>, and the hope <08615> of his strength <0205> perishes <06>.
8The righteous <06662> person is delivered <02502> out of trouble <06869>, and the wicked <07563> turns up <0935> in his stead <08478>.
9With his speech <06310> the godless person <02611> destroys <07843> his neighbor <07453>, but by knowledge <01847> the righteous <06662> will be delivered <02502>.
10When the righteous <06662> do well <02898>, the city <07151> rejoices <05970>; when the wicked <07563> perish <06>, there is joy <07440>.
11A city <07176> is exalted <07311> by the blessing <01293> provided from the upright <03477>, but it is destroyed <02040> by the counsel <06310> of the wicked <07563>.
12The one who denounces <0936> his neighbor <07453> lacks <02638> wisdom <03820>, but the one <0376> who has discernment <08394> keeps silent <02790>.
13The one who goes <01980> about slandering <07400> others reveals <01540> secrets <05475>, but the one <07307> who is trustworthy <0539> conceals <03680> a matter <01697>.
14When there is no <0369> guidance <08458> a nation <05971> falls <05307>, but there is success <08668> in the abundance <07230> of counselors <03289>.
15The one who puts up security <06148> for <03588> a stranger <02114> will surely <07451> have trouble <07489>, but whoever avoids <08130> shaking hands <08628> will be secure <0982>.
16A generous <02580> woman <0802> gains <08551> honor <03519>, and ruthless <06184> men seize <08551> wealth <06239>.
17A kind <02617> person <0376> benefits <01580> himself <05315>, but a cruel <0394> person brings <05916> himself <07607> trouble <05916>.
18The wicked <07563> person earns <06213> deceitful <08267> wages <06468>, but the one who sows <02232> righteousness <06666> reaps a genuine <0571> reward <07938>.
19True <03651> righteousness <06666> leads to life <02416>, but the one who pursues <07291> evil <07451> pursues it to his own death <04194>.
20The Lord <03068> abhors <08441> those who are perverse <06141> in heart <03820>, but those who are blameless <08549> in their ways <01870> are his delight <07522>.
21Be assured <03027> that the evil <07451> person will certainly be punished <05352> <03808>, but the descendants <02233> of the righteous <06662> will not suffer unjust judgment <04422>.
22Like a gold <02091> ring <05141> in a pig’s <02386> snout <0639> is a beautiful <03303> woman <0802> who rejects <05493> discretion <02940>.
23What the righteous <06662> desire <08378> leads only <0389> to good <02896>, but what the wicked <07563> hope <08615> for leads to wrath <05678>.
24One person is <03426> generous <06340> and yet grows more <03254> wealthy <05750>, but <0389> another withholds <02820> more than he should <03476> and comes to poverty <04270>.
25A generous <01293> person <05315> will be enriched <01878>, and <01571> the one who provides water <07301> for others will himself <01931> be satisfied <03384>.
26People <03816> will curse <05344> the one who withholds <04513> grain <01250>, but they will praise <01293> the one <07218> who sells <07666> it.
27The one who diligently seeks <07836> good <02896> seeks <01245> favor <07522>, but the one who searches <01875> for evil <07451>– it will come <0935> to him.
28The one <01931> who trusts <0982> in his riches <06239> will fall <05307>, but the righteous <06662> will flourish <06524> like a green leaf <05929>.
29The one who troubles <05916> his family <01004> will inherit <05157> nothing <07307>, and the fool <0191> will be a servant <05650> to the wise <02450> person <03820>.
30The fruit <06529> of the righteous <06662> is like a tree <06086> producing life <02416>, and the one who wins <03947> souls <05315> is wise <02450>.
31If <02005> the righteous <06662> are recompensed <07999> on earth <0776>, how much more <03588> <0637> the wicked <07563> sinner <02398>!