Proverbs 11:3-24

³When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.

⁵Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.

⁶The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.

⁷At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.

⁸A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.

⁹In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.

¹⁰In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers:

¹¹but by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown.

¹²A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.

¹³A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.

¹⁴They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.

¹⁵A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.

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.

²⁴There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less.