Proverbs 11:7-27

⁷When a wicked man is dead, none hope shall be further of him; and the abiding of busy men in evil shall perish.

⁸A just or rightwise man is delivered from anguish; and a wicked man shall be given for him.

⁹A feigner by mouth deceiveth his friend; but just or rightwise men shall be delivered by or with knowing.

¹⁰A city shall be enhanced in the goods of just or rightwise men; and praising shall be in the perdition of wicked men.

¹¹A city shall be enhanced by the blessing of just or rightwise men; and it shall be destroyed by the mouth of wicked men.

¹²He that despiseth his friend, is needy in heart; but a prudent man shall be still.

¹³He that goeth guilefully, showeth privates; but he that is faithful, covereth the private matter of a friend.

¹⁴Where a governor is not, the people shall fall; but health is, where be many counsels.

¹⁵He that maketh faith, that is, obligation, for a stranger, shall be tormented with evil; but he that escheweth snares, shall be secure.

¹⁶A gracious woman shall find glory; and strong men shall have riches.

¹⁷A merciful man doeth well to his soul; but he that is cruel, casteth away, yea, kinsmen.

¹⁸A wicked man maketh unstable work; but faithful meed is to him, that soweth rightfulness or rightwiseness.

¹⁹Mercy shall make ready life; and the pursuing or the following of evil, death.

²⁰A shrewd heart is abominable to the Lord; and his will is in them, that go simply.

²¹Though hand be in hand, an evil man shall not be innocent; but the seed of just or rightwise men shall be saved.

²²A golden ring in the nostrils of a sow, is a woman fair and a fool.

²³The desire of just or rightwise men is all good; abiding of wicked men is strong vengeance.

²⁴Some men part their own things, and be made richer; other men ravish things, that be not theirs, and they be ever in neediness.

²⁵A soul that blesseth, shall be made fat; and he that filleth, shall be filled also.

²⁶He that hideth wheat, shall be cursed among the peoples; but blessing shall come up on the heads of sellers.

²⁷Well be he who riseth early, that seeketh good things; but he that is a searcher of evils, shall be oppressed of those or of them.