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11 Yahweh detests people using weighing instruments in order to deceive others,

but people who use correct weights on their weighing instruments please him.

2 When people act proudly, they will soon disgrace themselves,

but humble people are wise.

3 Being honest will cause people who act uprightly to know what they should do,

but being deceitful will ruin people who act treacherously.

4 What people own will not help them when Yahweh judges the world,

but acting righteously will prevent people from dying.

5 Being righteous will cause people whom Yahweh does not blame for acting wickedly to know what they should do,

but being wicked will ruin those who act wickedly.

6 Being righteous will cause people who act uprightly to escape,

but what people who act treacherously want will cause someone to trap them.

7 When wicked people die, what they hoped for never happens,

what people who rely on how strong they are hoped for also never happens.

8 Yahweh prevents righteous people from becoming distressed;

but wicked people will become distressed instead.

9 What people who reject God say ruins people they know,

but what righteous people know will cause them to escape.

10 People in a city rejoice when the righteous people there prosper,

and they shout joyously when wicked people die.

11 A city becomes great when people who act uprightly bless the people there,

but what people who act wickedly say destroys that city.

12 People who openly detest someone they know are not thinking wisely;

but understanding people say nothing.

13 People who gossip walk around telling others what is secret,

but trustworthy people will not do so.

14 Not having anyone to guide a people group will ruin that group,

but having many people advise a people group will rescue that group.

15 People who guarantee to pay a loan for someone they do not know will surely suffer,

but people who hate agreeing to pay a loan for someone will be safe.

16 People honor a gracious woman,

but cruel people only gain wealth.

17 People who are faithfully kind benefit themselves,

but cruel people hurt themselves.

18 People who act wickedly do not really gain anything,

but God truly rewards people who do what is righteous.

19 People who truly act righteously will live for a long time,

but people who eagerly do what is evil will die.

20 Yahweh detests people who think deceitfully,

but people who act blamelessly please him.

21 Yahweh will certainly punish wicked people.

but he will not punish the offspring of righteous people.

22 Attractive women who refuse to act discreetly

are as ridiculous as a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

23 What righteous people want only results in what is good,

but what wicked people hope for results in Yahweh being angry.

24 People who generously share what they have with others will receive even more,

but people who keep more of what they have than they should will only lose it.

25 People who generously bless others will prosper;

and people who generously give others something to drink will also receive something to drink.

26 People will curse people who selfishly hoard food instead of selling it,

but they will bless people who sell it when they need it.

27 Yahweh and others approve of people who earnestly try to do what is good,

but evil things happen to people who try to do what is evil.

28 People who depend on their money are those who will ruin themselves,

but righteous people will thrive like a green plant.

29 People who trouble their families will not inherit anything,

and people who act foolishly will serve people who think wisely.

30 What righteous people do is like a tree with fruit that keeps people alive,

and people who persuade others are wise.

31 Pay attention! Righteous people on the earth will get what they deserve;

but even more so, wicked people and sinful people will also get what they deserve!

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