Proverbs 11:16-21

¹⁶People honor/respect women who are kind/gracious; ruthless/violent people may get a lot of money, but that is all that they will get.

¹⁷Those who are kind benefit themselves because others will be kind to them, but those who are cruel will hurt themselves because others will be cruel to them.

¹⁸If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them because they will not keep it for very long, but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded by God forever.

¹⁹Those who always do what is right will live a long/happy life, but those who insist on doing what is wrong will not live very long.

²⁰Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.

²¹It is certain that Yahweh will punish evil people and that righteous people will escape from being punished.