Proverbs 11:16-23

¹⁶A gracious wife brings glory to her husband: but a woman hating righteousness is a theme of dishonour. The slothful come to want: but the diligent support themselves with wealth.

¹⁷A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.

¹⁸An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.

¹⁹A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly ends in death.

²⁰Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.

²¹He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness shall receive a faithful reward.

²²As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.

²³All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.