Proverbs 11:1-7

Modern English Version

11 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
    but a just weight is His delight.

² When pride comes, then comes shame;
    but with the humble is wisdom.

³ The integrity of the upright will guide them,
    but the perverseness of transgressors will destroy them.

⁴ Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

⁵ The righteousness of the upright will direct his way,
    but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
    but transgressors will be taken by their schemes.

⁷ When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
    and the hope of unjust men perishes.