1 Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And a perfect weight [is] His delight. 2 Pride has come, and shame comes, || And wisdom [is] with the lowly. 3 The integrity of the upright leads them, || And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them. 4 Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, || And righteousness delivers from death. 5 The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, || And by his wickedness the wicked fall. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, || And in mischief the treacherous are captured. 7 In the death of a wicked man, hope perishes, || And the expectation of the iniquitous has been lost. 8 The righteous is drawn out from distress, || And the wicked goes in instead of him. 9 A hypocrite corrupts his friend with the mouth, || And the righteous are drawn out by knowledge. 10 A city exults in the good of the righteous, || 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 Whoever is despising his neighbor lacks heart, || And a man of understanding keeps silence. 13 A busybody is revealing secret counsel, || And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter. 14 Without counsels a people falls, || And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors. 15 An evil [one] suffers when he has been guarantor [for] a stranger, || And whoever hates striking hands [in agreement] is confident. 16 A gracious woman retains honor, || 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 whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward. 19 Correctly [is] righteousness for life, || And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death. 20 The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, || And the perfect of the way [are] His delight. 21 Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, || And the seed of the righteous has escaped. 22 A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior. 23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good, || The hope of the wicked [is] transgression. 24 There is [one] who is scattering, and yet is increased, || And [one] who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. 25 A liberal soul is made fat, || And whoever is watering, he also is watered. 26 Whoever is withholding grain, the people execrate him, || And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling. 27 Whoever is earnestly seeking good || Seeks a pleasing thing, || And whoever is seeking evil—it meets him. 28 Whoever is confident in his wealth falls, || And as a leaf, the righteous flourish. 29 Whoever is troubling his own house inherits wind, || And the fool [is] a servant to the wise of heart. 30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, || And whoever is taking souls [is] wise. 31 Behold, the righteous is repaid in the earth, || Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

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