Proverbs 11:24-12:10

Modern English Version

²⁴ There is one who scatters, yet increases;
    and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.

²⁵ The generous soul will be made rich,
    and he who waters will be watered also himself.

²⁶ The people will curse him who withholds grain,
    but blessing will be upon the head of him who sells it.

²⁷ He who diligently seeks good procures favor,
    but he who seeks mischief, it will come to him.

²⁸ He who trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous will flourish as a branch.

²⁹ He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    and he who wins souls is wise.

³¹ If the righteous will be recompensed in the earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner.

12 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
    but he who hates reproof is brutish.

² A good man obtains favor of the Lord,
    but a man of wicked devices will He condemn.

³ A man will not be established by wickedness,
    but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband,
    but she who brings shame is as rottenness in his bones.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right,
    but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶ The words of the wicked are, “Lie in wait for blood,”
    but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

⁷ The wicked are overthrown, and are not,
    but the house of the righteous will stand.

⁸ A man will be commended according to his wisdom,
    but he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

⁹ He who is lightly esteemed and has a servant is better
    than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

¹⁰ A righteous man regards the life of his animal,
    but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.