Proverbs 10:31-32, Proverbs 11:1-8 NIV

Proverbs 10:31-32

From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,

but a perverse tongue will be silenced.

The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,

but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.

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Proverbs 11:1-8

The Lord detests dishonest scales,

but accurate weights find favor with him.

When pride comes, then comes disgrace,

but with humility comes wisdom.

The integrity of the upright guides them,

but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.

Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,

but righteousness delivers from death.

The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,

but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them,

but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

Hopes placed in mortals die with them;

all the promise of11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from their power comes to nothing.

The righteous person is rescued from trouble,

and it falls on the wicked instead.

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