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| 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! |