| 1 A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will. | |
| 2 Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom. | |
| 3 The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them. | |
| 4 Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death. | |
| 5 The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness. | |
| 6 The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares. | |
| 7 When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish. | |
| 8 The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him. | |
| 9 The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge. | |
| 10 When it goeth well with the just the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish there shall be praise. | |
| 11 By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown. | |
| 12 He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace. | |
| 13 He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend. | |
| 14 Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel. | |
| 15 He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of the snares, shall be secure. | |
| 16 A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches. | |
| 17 A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel casteth off even his own kindred. | |
| 18 The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward. | |
| 19 Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death. | |
| 20 A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely. | |
| 21 Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved. | |
| 22 A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish. | |
| 23 The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation. | |
| 24 Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want. | |
| 25 The soul which blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. | |
| 26 He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell. | |
| 27 Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things shall be oppressed by them. | |
| 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall spring up as a green leaf. | |
| 29 He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise. | |
| 30 The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls, is wise. | |
| 31 If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner. | |
