11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,
    but delights in an accurate weight.

³ Integrity guides the virtuous,
    but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.

²⁰ The Lord detests a crooked heart,
    but he favors those whose path is innocent.

¹⁹ Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue lasts only for a moment.

²² The Lord detests false lips;
    he favors those who do what is true.

²⁵ A truthful witness saves lives,
    but a deceiver proclaims lies.

¹³ Kings favor those with righteous lips;
    they love words of integrity.

19 Better to be poor and walk in innocence
    than to have dishonest lips and be a fool.

⁷ The righteous live with integrity;
    happy are their children who come after them.