<vn='1'>A <sn="4820">false</s><sn="3976">balance</s> is <sn="8441">abomination</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: but a <sn="8003">just</s><sn="68">weight</s> is his <sn="7522">delight</s>. </v>
<vn='2'> When <sn="2087">pride</s><sn="935">cometh</s>, then <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="7036">shame</s>: but <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="6800">lowly</s> is <sn="2451">wisdom</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="8538">integrity</s> of the <sn="3477">upright</s> shall <sn="5148">guide</s> them: but the <sn="5558">perverseness</s> of <sn="898">transgressors</s> shall <sn="7703">destroy</s> them. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1952">Riches</s><sn="3276">profit</s><sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="5678">wrath</s>: but <sn="6666">righteousness</s><sn="5337">delivereth</s> from <sn="4480 4194">death</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="6666">righteousness</s> of the <sn="8549">perfect</s> shall <sn="3474">direct</s> his <sn="1870">way</s>: but the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> by his own <sn="7564">wickedness</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="6666">righteousness</s> of the <sn="3477">upright</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s> them: but <sn="898">transgressors</s> shall be <sn="3920">taken</s> in their own <sn="1942">naughtiness</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>When a <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="120">man</s><sn="4194">dieth</s>, his <sn="8615">expectation</s> shall <sn="6">perish</s>: and the <sn="8431">hope</s> of <sn="205">unjust</s> men <sn="6">perisheth</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="6662">righteous</s> is <sn="2502">delivered</s> out of <sn="4480 6869">trouble</s>, and the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="935">cometh</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>A <sn="2611">hypocrite</s> with his <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="7843">destroyeth</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>: but through <sn="1847">knowledge</s> shall the <sn="6662">just</s> be <sn="2502">delivered</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>When it goeth <sn="2898">well</s> with the <sn="6662">righteous</s>, the <sn="7151">city</s><sn="5970">rejoiceth</s>: and when the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="6">perish</s>, there is <sn="7440">shouting</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>By the <sn="1293">blessing</s> of the <sn="3477">upright</s> the <sn="7176">city</s> is <sn="7311">exalted</s>: but it is <sn="2040">overthrown</s> by the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>He that is <sn="2638">void</s> of <sn="3820">wisdom</s><sn="936">despiseth</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>: but a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="8394">understanding</s> holdeth his <sn="2790">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>A <sn="1980 7400">talebearer</s><sn="1540">revealeth</s><sn="5475">secrets</s>: but he that is of a <sn="539">faithful</s><sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="3680">concealeth</s> the <sn="1697">matter</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Where <sn="369">no</s><sn="8458">counsel</s> is, the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5307">fall</s>: but in the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of <sn="3289">counselors</s> there is <sn="8668">safety</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>He that is <sn="6148">surety</s> for a <sn="2114">stranger</s> shall <sn="7451 7489">smart</s> for it: and he that <sn="8130">hateth</s><sn="8628">suretiship</s> is <sn="982">sure</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>A <sn="2580">gracious</s><sn="802">woman</s><sn="8551">retaineth</s><sn="3519">honor</s>: and <sn="6184">strong</s> men <sn="8551">retain</s><sn="6239">riches</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>The <sn="2617">merciful</s><sn="376">man</s> doeth <sn="1580">good</s> to his own <sn="5315">soul</s>: but he that is <sn="394">cruel</s><sn="5916">troubleth</s> his own <sn="7607">flesh</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="6213">worketh</s> a <sn="8267">deceitful</s><sn="6468">work</s>: but to him that <sn="2232">soweth</s><sn="6666">righteousness</s> shall be a <sn="571">sure</s><sn="7938">reward</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3651">As</s><sn="6666">righteousness</s> tendeth to <sn="2416">life</s>: so he that <sn="7291">pursueth</s><sn="7451">evil</s> pursueth it to his own <sn="4194">death</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>They that are of a <sn="6141">froward</s><sn="3820">heart</s> are <sn="8441">abomination</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: but such as are <sn="8549">upright</s> in their <sn="1870">way</s> are his <sn="7522">delight</s>. </v>
<vn='21'> Though <sn="3027">hand</s> join in <sn="3027">hand</s>, the <sn="7451">wicked</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="5352">unpunished</s>: but the <sn="2233">seed</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall be <sn="4422">delivered</s>. </v>
<vn='22'> As a <sn="5141">jewel</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> in a <sn="2386">swine</s> 's <sn="639">snout</s>, so is a <sn="3303">fair</s><sn="802">woman</s> which is <sn="5493">without</s><sn="2940">discretion</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>The <sn="8378">desire</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> is <sn="389">only</s><sn="2896">good</s>: but the <sn="8615">expectation</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> is <sn="5678">wrath</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>There <sn="3426">is</s> that <sn="6340">scattereth</s>, and <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="3254">increaseth</s>; and there is that <sn="2820">withholdeth</s> more than is <sn="4480 3476">meet</s>, but it tendeth to <sn="4270">poverty</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>The <sn="1293">liberal</s><sn="5315">soul</s> shall be made <sn="1878">fat</s>: and he that <sn="7301">watereth</s> shall be <sn="3384">watered</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="1931">himself</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>He that <sn="4513">withholdeth</s><sn="1250">corn</s>, the <sn="3816">people</s> shall <sn="6895">curse</s> him: but <sn="1293">blessing</s> shall be upon the <sn="7218">head</s> of him that <sn="7666">selleth</s> it. </v>
<vn='27'>He that diligently <sn="7836">seeketh</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="1245">procureth</s><sn="7522">favor</s>: but he that <sn="1875">seeketh</s><sn="7451">mischief</s>, it shall <sn="935">come</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1931">He</s> that <sn="982">trusteth</s> in his <sn="6239">riches</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s>: but the <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall <sn="6524">flourish</s> as a <sn="5929">branch</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>He that <sn="5916">troubleth</s> his own <sn="1004">house</s> shall <sn="5157">inherit</s> the <sn="7307">wind</s>: and the <sn="191">fool</s> shall be <sn="5650">servant</s> to the <sn="2450">wise</s> of <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>The <sn="6529">fruit</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> is a <sn="6086">tree</s> of <sn="2416">life</s>; and he that <sn="3947">winneth</s><sn="5315">souls</s> is <sn="2450">wise</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, the <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall be <sn="7999">recompensed</s> in the <sn="776">earth</s>: much <sn="637 3588">more</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> and the <sn="2398">sinner</s>. </v>