¹Scales of deceit are the abomination of Yahweh, but a complete stone is his pleasure.

²When presumption comes, shame comes too; but with the humble is wisdom.

³The integrity of the upright leads them, but the crookedness of the betrayers devastates them.

⁴Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

⁵The righteousness of the blameless makes his way straight, but by his wickedness the wicked falls.

⁶The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but by their own desire the betrayers are caught.

⁷When a wicked man dies, hope is lost, and the expectation of vigor has perished.

⁸The righteous is delivered from distress, and the wicked comes in his place.

⁹With his mouth the godless ruins his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are delivered.

¹⁰When it goes well with the righteous, the city exults, and when the wicked perish, there is a ringing cry.

¹¹By the blessing of the upright a town is raised high, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

¹²One who despises his neighbor lacks heart, but a man of understanding keeps silent.

¹³One who goes about as a slanderer uncovers a secret, but the faithful of breath conceals a word.

¹⁴Where there is no steering, a people falls, but deliverance is in the multitude of advisers.

¹⁵He who stands surety for a stranger will surely suffer evil, but one who hates striking hands is trusting.

¹⁶A woman of favor lays hold of weightiness, and the ruthless take hold of wealth.

¹⁷A man of loyal love deals bountifully with his being, but the cruel one troubles his flesh.

¹⁸The wicked makes wages of falsehood, but one who sows righteousness gets wages of stability.

¹⁹So righteousness is for life, but one who pursues evil is for his own death.

²⁰Those twisted of heart are the abomination of Yahweh, but those blameless of way are his pleasure.

²¹Be sure of it: the evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

²²A ring of gold in the nose of a pig is a beautiful woman who turns aside from taste.

²³The delight of the righteous is only good; the hope of the wicked is wrath.

²⁴There is one who scatters and is increased still more, but one who withholds from uprightness comes only to need.

²⁵A being of blessing will be made fat, and one who gives water will also himself be given water.

²⁶One who withholds grain, the peoples curse him, but a blessing is on the head of one who sells grain.

²⁷One who diligently seeks good searches for favor, but as for one who carefully seeks evil, it will come to him.

²⁸One who trusts in his wealth, he will fall, but the righteous will bud like leaves.

²⁹One who troubles his household will inherit breath, and the fool will be a slave to the wise of heart.

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and one who takes beings is wise.

³¹Look, the righteous is repaid in the land; how much more the wicked and the one who sins!