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11A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is his delight.
²When pride comes, then comes disgrace;
but wisdom is with the humble.
³The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
⁴Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
⁵The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight,
but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
⁶The righteousness of the upright saves them,
but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.
⁷When the wicked die, their hope perishes,
and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.
⁸The righteous are delivered from trouble,
and the wicked get into it instead.
⁹With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors,
but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
¹⁰When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices;
and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
¹¹By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.