| 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! |