Proverbs 11

New American Standard Bible

Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

11 A ^(A)false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
But a ^(B)just weight is His delight.
²When ^(C)pride comes, then comes dishonor;
But with the humble there is wisdom.
³The ^(D)integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the ^(E)perversity of the treacherous will destroy them.
⁴^(F)Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath,
But ^(G)righteousness rescues from death.
⁵The ^(H)righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But ^(I)the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
⁶The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will ^(J)be caught by their own greed.
⁷When a wicked person dies, his ^(K)expectation will perish,
And the ^(L)hope of strong people perishes.
⁸The righteous is rescued from trouble,
But the wicked ^[a]takes his place.
⁹With his ^(M)mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the ^(N)righteous will be rescued.
¹⁰When things ^(O)go well for the righteous, the city rejoices,
And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.
¹¹By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked, it is torn down.
¹²One who despises his neighbor lacks ^[b]sense,
But a person of understanding keeps silent.
¹³One ^(P)who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
But one who is ^[c]trustworthy ^(Q)conceals a matter.
¹⁴Where there is no ^(R)guidance the people fall,
But in an abundance of counselors there is ^[d]victory.
¹⁵One who is a ^(S)guarantor for a stranger will certainly suffer for it,
But one who hates ^[e]being a guarantor is secure.
¹⁶A ^(T)gracious woman attains honor,
And ruthless men attain riches.
¹⁷A ^(U)merciful person does ^[f]himself good,
But the cruel person ^[g]does himself harm.
¹⁸A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
But one who ^(V)sows righteousness gets a true reward.
¹⁹One who is steadfast in ^(W)righteousness attains life,
But ^(X)one who pursues evil attains his own death.
²⁰The perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord,
But the ^(Y)blameless in their ^[h]walk are His ^(Z)delight.
²¹^[i]Be assured, the evil person will not go unpunished,
But the ^[j]descendants of the righteous will be rescued.
²²As a ^(AA)ring of gold in a pig’s snout
So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
²³The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the ^(AB)expectation of the wicked is wrath.
²⁴There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
²⁵A ^[k]^(AC)generous person will be ^[l]prosperous,
And one who ^(AD)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.
²⁶One who withholds grain, the ^(AE)people will curse him,
But ^(AF)blessing will be on the head of him who ^(AG)sells it.
²⁷One who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
But ^(AH)one who seeks evil, evil will come to him.
²⁸One who ^(AI)trusts in his riches will fall,
But ^(AJ)the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.
²⁹One who ^(AK)troubles his own house will ^(AL)inherit wind,
And ^(AM)the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
³⁰The fruit of the righteous is ^(AN)a tree of life,
And ^(AO)one who is wise ^[m]gains souls.
³¹If ^(AP)the righteous will be repaid on the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Footnotes

Proverbs 11:8 Lit enters
Proverbs 11:12 Lit heart
Proverbs 11:13 Lit faithful of spirit
Proverbs 11:14 Lit deliverance
Proverbs 11:15 Lit those who strike hands
Proverbs 11:17 Lit his soul
Proverbs 11:17 Lit ruins his flesh
Proverbs 11:20 Lit way
Proverbs 11:21 Lit Hand to hand
Proverbs 11:21 Lit seed
Proverbs 11:25 Lit soul of blessing
Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat
Proverbs 11:30 Lit takes

Ephesians 4

New American Standard Bible

Unity of the Spirit

4 Therefore I, ^(A)the prisoner of the Lord, ^(B)urge you to ^(C)walk in a manner worthy of the ^(D)calling with which you have been ^(E)called, ²with all ^(F)humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another ^(G)in love, ³being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the ^(H)bond of peace. ⁴There is ^(I)one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one ^(J)hope of your calling; ⁵^(K)one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶one God and Father of all ^(L)who is over all and through all and in all.

⁷But ^(M)to each one of us ^(N)grace was given ^(O)according to the measure of Christ’s gift. ⁸Therefore ^[a]it says,

“^(P)When He ascended on high,
He ^(Q)led captive the captives,
And He gave gifts to people.”

⁹(Now this expression, “He ^(R)ascended,” what ^[b]does it mean except that He also ^[c]had descended into ^(S)the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰He who descended is Himself also He who ascended ^(T)far above all the heavens, so that He might ^(U)fill all things.) ¹¹And He ^(V)gave ^(W)some as apostles, some as prophets, some as ^(X)evangelists, some as ^[d]pastors and ^(Y)teachers, ¹²^(Z)for the equipping of the ^[e]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of ^(AA)the body of Christ; ¹³until we all attain to ^(AB)the unity of the faith, and of the ^[f]^(AC)knowledge of the Son of God, to a ^(AD)mature man, to the measure of the stature ^[g]which belongs to the ^(AE)fullness of Christ. ¹⁴^[h]As a result, we are ^(AF)no longer to be children, ^(AG)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by ^(AH)craftiness ^[i]in ^(AI)deceitful scheming; ¹⁵but ^[j]speaking the truth ^(AJ)in love, ^[k]we are to ^(AK)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the ^(AL)head, that is, Christ, ¹⁶from whom ^(AM)the whole body, being fitted and held together ^[l]by what every joint supplies, according to the ^[m]proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself ^(AN)in love.

The Christian’s Walk

¹⁷^(AO)So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, ^(AP)that you are to no longer walk just as the ^[n]Gentiles also walk, in the ^(AQ)futility of their minds, ¹⁸being ^(AR)darkened in their understanding, ^[o]^(AS)excluded from the life of God because of the ^(AT)ignorance that is in them, because of the ^(AU)hardness of their heart; ¹⁹and they, having ^(AV)become callous, ^(AW)have given themselves up to ^(AX)indecent behavior ^[p]for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. ²⁰But you did not ^(AY)learn Christ in this way, ²¹if indeed you ^(AZ)have heard Him and have ^(BA)been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, ²²that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to ^(BB)rid yourselves of the ^(BC)old ^[q]self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the ^(BD)lusts of deceit, ²³and that you are to be ^(BE)renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴and to ^(BF)put on the ^(BG)new ^[r]self, which ^[s]^(BH)in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

²⁵Therefore, ^(BI)ridding yourselves of falsehood, ^(BJ)speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are ^(BK)parts of one another. ²⁶^(BL)Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ²⁷and do not ^(BM)give the devil ^[t]an opportunity. ²⁸The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather ^(BN)he must labor, ^(BO)producing with his own hands what is good, ^(BP)so that he will have something to share with the one who has need. ²⁹Let no ^[u]^(BQ)unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for ^(BR)edification ^[v]according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear. ³⁰^(BS)Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, ^[w]by whom you were ^(BT)sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹^(BU)All bitterness, wrath, anger, ^[x]clamor, and slander must be ^(BV)removed from you, along with all ^(BW)malice. ³²^(BX)Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, ^(BY)just as God in Christ also has forgiven ^[y]you.