Proverbs 11:17-31

¹⁷A kind person benefits himself, but one who is cruel hurts himself.

¹⁸The wicked person lies to get his wages, but one who sows what is right reaps the wages of truth.

¹⁹An honest person who does what is right will live, but the one who pursues evil will die.

²⁰Yahweh hates those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

²¹Be sure of this—the wicked person will not go unpunished, but the descendants of righteous people will be kept safe.

²²Like a gold ring in a pig's nose is a beautiful woman without discretion.

²³The desires of righteous people result in good, but wicked people can only hope for wrath.

²⁴There is one who scatters—he will accumulate even more; another withholds what he should give—he comes to poverty.

²⁵The generous person will prosper and the one who gives water to others will have water for himself.

²⁶People curse the man who refuses to sell grain, but good gifts crown the head of him who sells it.

²⁷The one who diligently seeks good is also seeking favor, but the one who searches for evil will find it.

²⁸Those who trust in their riches will fall, but like the leaf, righteous people will flourish.

²⁹The one who brings trouble on his own household will inherit the wind and the fool will become a servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰The righteous person will be like a tree of life, but violence takes away lives.

³¹Behold! The righteous person receives what he deserves; how much more the wicked and the sinner!