Proverbs 11

New International Version

11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,^(A)
but accurate weights find favor with him.^(B)

²When pride comes, then comes disgrace,^(C)
but with humility comes wisdom.^(D)

³The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.^(E)

⁴Wealth^(F) is worthless in the day of wrath,^(G)
but righteousness delivers from death.^(H)

⁵The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,^(I)
but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.^(J)

⁶The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.^(K)

⁷Hopes placed in mortals die with them;^(L)
all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.^(M)

⁸The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
and it falls on the wicked instead.^(N)

⁹With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.^(O)

¹⁰When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;^(P)
when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.^(Q)

¹¹Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,^(R)
but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.^(S)

¹²Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,^(T)
but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.^(U)

¹³A gossip betrays a confidence,^(V)
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.^(W)

¹⁴For lack of guidance a nation falls,^(X)
but victory is won through many advisers.^(Y)

¹⁵Whoever puts up security^(Z) for a stranger will surely suffer,
but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.^(AA)

¹⁶A kindhearted woman gains honor,^(AB)
but ruthless men gain only wealth.

¹⁷Those who are kind benefit themselves,
but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

¹⁸A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.^(AC)

¹⁹Truly the righteous attain life,^(AD)
but whoever pursues evil finds death.^(AE)

²⁰The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,^(AF)
but he delights^(AG) in those whose ways are blameless.^(AH)

²¹Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
but those who are righteous will go free.^(AI)

²²Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

²³The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

²⁴One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

²⁵A generous^(AJ) person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.^(AK)

²⁶People curse the one who hoards grain,
but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.

²⁷Whoever seeks good finds favor,
but evil comes to one who searches for it.^(AL)

²⁸Those who trust in their riches will fall,^(AM)
but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.^(AN)

²⁹Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.^(AO)

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,^(AP)
and the one who is wise saves lives.

³¹If the righteous receive their due^(AQ) on earth,
how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

Footnotes

Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

1 John 4-5

New International Version

On Denying the Incarnation

4 Dear friends,^(A) do not believe every spirit,^(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.^(C) ²This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh^(D) is from God,^(E) ³but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,^(F) which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.^(G)

⁴You, dear children,^(H) are from God and have overcome them,^(I) because the one who is in you^(J) is greater than the one who is in the world.^(K) ⁵They are from the world^(L) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.^(M) This is how we recognize the Spirit^[a] of truth^(N) and the spirit of falsehood.^(O)

God’s Love and Ours

⁷Dear friends, let us love one another,^(P) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God^(Q) and knows God.^(R) ⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.^(S) ⁹This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son^(T) into the world that we might live through him.^(U) ¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(V) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.^(W) ¹¹Dear friends,^(X) since God so loved us,^(Y) we also ought to love one another.^(Z) ¹²No one has ever seen God;^(AA) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(AB)

¹³This is how we know^(AC) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.^(AD) ¹⁴And we have seen and testify^(AE) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.^(AF) ¹⁵If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,^(AG) God lives in them and they in God.^(AH) ¹⁶And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.^(AI) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.^(AJ) ¹⁷This is how love is made complete^(AK) among us so that we will have confidence^(AL) on the day of judgment:^(AM) In this world we are like Jesus. ¹⁸There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,^(AN) because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

¹⁹We love because he first loved us.^(AO) ²⁰Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister^(AP) is a liar.^(AQ) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,^(AR) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.^(AS) ²¹And he has given us this command:^(AT) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.^(AU)

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

5 Everyone who believes^(AV) that Jesus is the Christ^(AW) is born of God,^(AX) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.^(AY) ²This is how we know^(AZ) that we love the children of God:^(BA) by loving God and carrying out his commands. ³In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.^(BB) And his commands are not burdensome,^(BC) ⁴for everyone born of God^(BD) overcomes^(BE) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. ⁵Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.^(BF)

⁶This is the one who came by water and blood^(BG)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.^(BH) ⁷For there are three^(BI) that testify: ⁸the^[b] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. ⁹We accept human testimony,^(BJ) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,^(BK) which he has given about his Son. ¹⁰Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.^(BL) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,^(BM) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. ¹¹And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,^(BN) and this life is in his Son.^(BO) ¹²Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.^(BP)

Concluding Affirmations

¹³I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God^(BQ) so that you may know that you have eternal life.^(BR) ¹⁴This is the confidence^(BS) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.^(BT) ¹⁵And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know^(BU) that we have what we asked of him.^(BV)

¹⁶If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.^(BW) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.^(BX) I am not saying that you should pray about that.^(BY) ¹⁷All wrongdoing is sin,^(BZ) and there is sin that does not lead to death.^(CA)

¹⁸We know that anyone born of God^(CB) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one^(CC) cannot harm them.^(CD) ¹⁹We know that we are children of God,^(CE) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.^(CF) ²⁰We know also that the Son of God has come^(CG) and has given us understanding,^(CH) so that we may know him who is true.^(CI) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.^(CJ)

²¹Dear children,^(CK) keep yourselves from idols.^(CL)

Footnotes

1 John 4:6 Or spirit
1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. ⁸And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)