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1. Dishonest scales are detestable to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
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1. A false H4820 balance H3976 is abomination H8441 to the LORD H3068 : but a just H8003 weight H68 is his delight H7522 .
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2. When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
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2. When pride H2087 cometh H935 , then cometh H935 shame H7036 : but with H854 the lowly H6800 is wisdom H2451 .
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3. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.
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3. The integrity H8538 of the upright H3477 shall guide H5148 them : but the perverseness H5558 of transgressors H898 shall destroy H7703 them.
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4. Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.
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4. Riches H1952 profit H3276 not H3808 in the day H3117 of wrath H5678 : but righteousness H6666 delivereth H5337 from death H4480 H4194 .
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5. The righteousness of the blameless clears his path, but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
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5. The righteousness H6666 of the perfect H8549 shall direct H3474 his way H1870 : but the wicked H7563 shall fall H5307 by his own wickedness H7564 .
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6. The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.
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6. The righteousness H6666 of the upright H3477 shall deliver H5337 them : but transgressors H898 shall be taken H3920 in their own naughtiness H1942 .
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7. When the wicked dies, his expectation comes to nothing, and hope placed in wealth vanishes.
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7. When a wicked H7563 man H120 dieth H4194 , his expectation H8615 shall perish H6 : and the hope H8431 of unjust H205 men perisheth H6 .
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8. The righteous is rescued from trouble; in his place, the wicked goes in.
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8. The righteous H6662 is delivered H2502 out of trouble H4480 H6869 , and the wicked H7563 cometh H935 in his stead H8478 .
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9. With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
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9. A hypocrite H2611 with his mouth H6310 destroyeth H7843 his neighbor H7453 : but through knowledge H1847 shall the just H6662 be delivered H2502 .
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10. When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices, and when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.
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10. When it goeth well H2898 with the righteous H6662 , the city H7151 rejoiceth H5970 : and when the wicked H7563 perish H6 , there is shouting H7440 .
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11. A city is built up by the blessing of the upright, but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.
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11. By the blessing H1293 of the upright H3477 the city H7176 is exalted H7311 : but it is overthrown H2040 by the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 .
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12. Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks sense, but a man with understanding keeps silent.
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12. He that is void H2638 of wisdom H3820 despiseth H936 his neighbor H7453 : but a man H376 of understanding H8394 holdeth his peace H2790 .
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13. A gossip goes around revealing a secret, but the trustworthy keeps a confidence.
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13. A talebearer H1980 H7400 revealeth H1540 secrets H5475 : but he that is of a faithful H539 spirit H7307 concealeth H3680 the matter H1697 .
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14. Without guidance, people fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance.
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14. Where no H369 counsel H8458 is , the people H5971 fall H5307 : but in the multitude H7230 of counselors H3289 there is safety H8668 .
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15. If someone puts up security for a stranger, he will suffer for it, but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
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15. He that is surety H6148 for a stranger H2114 shall smart H7451 H7489 for it : and he that hateth H8130 suretiship H8628 is sure H982 .
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16. A gracious woman gains honor, but violent men gain only riches.
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16. A gracious H2580 woman H802 retaineth H8551 honor H3519 : and strong H6184 men retain H8551 riches H6239 .
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17. A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings disaster on himself.
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17. The merciful H2617 man H376 doeth good H1580 to his own soul H5315 : but he that is cruel H394 troubleth H5916 his own flesh H7607 .
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18. The wicked man earns an empty wage, but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.
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18. The wicked H7563 worketh H6213 a deceitful H8267 work H6468 : but to him that soweth H2232 righteousness H6666 shall be a sure H571 reward H7938 .
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19. Genuine righteousness leads to life, but pursuing evil leads to death.
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19. As H3651 righteousness H6666 tendeth to life H2416 : so he that pursueth H7291 evil H7451 pursueth it to his own death H4194 .
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20. Those with twisted minds are detestable to the LORD, but those with blameless conduct are His delight.
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20. They that are of a froward H6141 heart H3820 are abomination H8441 to the LORD H3068 : but such as are upright H8549 in their way H1870 are his delight H7522 .
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21. Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
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21. Though hand H3027 join in hand H3027 , the wicked H7451 shall not H3808 be unpunished H5352 : but the seed H2233 of the righteous H6662 shall be delivered H4422 .
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22. A beautiful woman who rejects good sense is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
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22. As a jewel H5141 of gold H2091 in a swine H2386 's snout H639 , so is a fair H3303 woman H802 which is without H5493 discretion H2940 .
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23. The desire of the righteous turns out well, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.
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23. The desire H8378 of the righteous H6662 is only H389 good H2896 : but the expectation H8615 of the wicked H7563 is wrath H5678 .
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24. One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
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24. There is H3426 that scattereth H6340 , and yet H5750 increaseth H3254 ; and there is that withholdeth H2820 more than is meet H4480 H3476 , but it tendeth to poverty H4270 .
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25. A generous person will be enriched, and the one who gives a drink of water will receive water.
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25. The liberal H1293 soul H5315 shall be made fat H1878 : and he that watereth H7301 shall be watered H3384 also H1571 himself H1931 .
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26. People will curse anyone who hoards grain, but a blessing will come to the one who sells it.
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26. He that withholdeth H4513 corn H1250 , the people H3816 shall curse H6895 him : but blessing H1293 shall be upon the head H7218 of him that selleth H7666 it .
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27. The one who searches for what is good finds favor, but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.
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27. He that diligently seeketh H7836 good H2896 procureth H1245 favor H7522 : but he that seeketh H1875 mischief H7451 , it shall come H935 unto him.
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28. Anyone trusting in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like foliage.
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28. He H1931 that trusteth H982 in his riches H6239 shall fall H5307 : but the righteous H6662 shall flourish H6524 as a branch H5929 .
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29. The one who brings ruin on his household will inherit the wind, and a fool will be a slave to someone whose heart is wise.
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29. He that troubleth H5916 his own house H1004 shall inherit H5157 the wind H7307 : and the fool H191 shall be servant H5650 to the wise H2450 of heart H3820 .
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30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives.
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30. The fruit H6529 of the righteous H6662 is a tree H6086 of life H2416 ; and he that winneth H3947 souls H5315 is wise H2450 .
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31. If the righteous will be repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and sinful.
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31. Behold H2005 , the righteous H6662 shall be recompensed H7999 in the earth H776 : much more H637 H3588 the wicked H7563 and the sinner H2398 .
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