1 False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.
2 Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.ᵃ
3 When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.ᵇᶜ
5 Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.ᵈ
6 The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.
7 At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.
8 A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
9 In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.
10 In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers:ᵉ
11 but by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown.
12 A man void of understanding sneers at [his fellow] citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.
13 A double-tongued man discloses the [secret] counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.ᶠ
14 They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.ᵍ
15 A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.
16 A gracious wife brings glory to her husband: but a woman hating righteousness is a theme of dishonour. The slothful come to want: but the diligent support themselves with wealth.ʰⁱ
17 A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.
18 An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.
19 A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly [ends] in death.
20 Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.
21 He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness shall receive a faithful reward.
22 As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.
23 All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
24 There are [some] who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are [some] also who gather, [yet] have less.ʲ
25 Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.
26 May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives [it].
27 He that devises good [counsels] seeks good favour: but [as for] him that seeks after evil, [evil] shall overtake him.
28 He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall rise.ᵏ
29 He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.
30 Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.
31 If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?ˡ