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1	Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.

2	Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.

3	The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

4	Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

5	The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

6	The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

7	In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

8	The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

9	With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

10	In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.

11	By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.

12	Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

13	A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

14	Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.

15	Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

16	A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.

17	A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

18	The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

19	Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.

20	An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.

21	Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

22	A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

23	The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.

24	There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

25	A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

26	Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.

27	Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

28	Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

29	Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart.

30	The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.

31	Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!