11:1   The LORD hates people who use dishonest scales. He is happy with honest weights.

11:2   People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is wiser to be modest.

11:3   If you are good, you are guided by honesty. People who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.

11:4   Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.

11:5   Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall.

11:6   Righteousness rescues those who are honest, but those who can't be trusted are trapped by their own greed.

11:7   When the wicked die, their hope dies with them. Confidence placed in riches comes to nothing.

11:8   The righteous are protected from trouble; it comes to the wicked instead.

11:9   You can be ruined by the talk of godless people, but the wisdom of the righteous can save you.

11:10   A city is happy when honest people have good fortune, and there are joyful shouts when the wicked die.

11:11   A city becomes great when the righteous give it their blessing; but a city is brought to ruin by the words of the wicked.

11:12   It is foolish to speak scornfully of others. If you are smart, you will keep quiet.

11:13   No one who gossips can be trusted with a secret, but you can put confidence in someone who is trustworthy.

11:14   A nation will fall if it has no guidance. Many advisers mean security.

11:15   If you promise to pay a stranger's debt, you will regret it. You are better off if you don't get involved.

11:16   A gracious woman is respected, but a woman without virtue is a disgrace. Lazy people will never have money, but aggressive people will get rich.

11:17   You do yourself a favor when you are kind. If you are cruel, you only hurt yourself.

11:18   Wicked people do not really gain anything, but if you do what is right, you are certain to be rewarded.

11:19   Anyone who is determined to do right will live, but anyone who insists on doing wrong will die.

11:20   The LORD hates evil-minded people, but loves those who do right.

11:21   You can be sure that evil people will be punished, but the righteous will escape.

11:22   Beauty in a woman without good judgment is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.

11:23   What good people want always results in good; when the wicked get what they want, everyone is angry.

11:24   Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer.

11:25   Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped.

11:26   People curse someone who hoards grain, waiting for a higher price, but they praise the one who puts it up for sale.

11:27   If your goals are good, you will be respected, but if you are looking for trouble, that is what you will get.

11:28   Those who depend on their wealth will fall like the leaves of autumn, but the righteous will prosper like the leaves of summer.

11:29   Those who bring trouble on their families will have nothing at the end. Foolish people will always be servants to the wise.

11:30   Righteousness gives life, but violence takes it away.

11:31   Those who are good are rewarded here on earth, so you can be sure that wicked and sinful people will be punished.