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Proverbs 11 Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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Notes on this text (1)

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. 3 When a just man dies he leaves regret: But the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy. 5 Righteousness traces out blameless paths: But ungodliness encounters unjust dealing. 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: 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. 14 They that have no guidance fall like leaves: But in much counsel there is safety. 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 dishonor. The slothful come to want: But the diligent support themselves with wealth. 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. 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 favor: 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. 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?

There is no verse 4 in this translation; the verses after it keep their usual numbers.

Cross references (30)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Deuteronomy 25:13–16; Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35–36; Proverbs 20:10
  2. 2 Proverbs 29:23; Proverbs 16:18–19; Proverbs 15:33; Luke 18:14; Proverbs 18:12
  3. 3 Proverbs 28:18; Proverbs 13:6; Psalm 25:21; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 19:3
  4. 5 Proverbs 5:22; Psalm 9:15–16; Proverbs 3:6; Esther 7:3–10; Proverbs 1:31–32
  5. 6 Ecclesiastes 10:8; 1 Kings 2:44; 1 Samuel 12:3–4; Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 5:22
  6. 7 Proverbs 10:28; Job 8:13–14; Job 11:20; Exodus 15:9–10; Psalm 146:4
  7. 8 Daniel 6:23–24; Proverbs 21:18; Esther 7:9–10; Isaiah 43:3–4
  8. 9 Proverbs 2:10–16; Proverbs 4:5–6; 1 John 2:27; 1 Timothy 4:1–3; Psalm 55:20–21
  9. 10 Proverbs 28:12; Psalm 58:10–11; Esther 8:15–16; Proverbs 28:28; Judges 5:31
  10. 11 Proverbs 14:34; Proverbs 29:8; James 3:6; 2 Chronicles 32:20–22; Job 22:30
  11. 12 Proverbs 10:19; 1 Peter 2:23; Luke 16:14; Luke 18:9; Proverbs 14:21
  12. 13 Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 25:9; Leviticus 19:16; 1 Timothy 5:13; Proverbs 26:20–22
  13. 14 Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 16:22; 1 Kings 12:1–19
  14. 15 Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 6:1–5; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 22:26–27
  15. 16 Proverbs 31:30–31; Luke 10:42; Acts 16:14–15; 1 Samuel 25:32–33; Acts 9:39
  16. 17 Matthew 5:7; James 2:13; Matthew 25:34–40; James 5:1–5; Daniel 4:27
  17. 18 Galatians 6:8–9; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Hosea 10:12–13; James 3:18; Psalm 126:5–6
  18. 19 Proverbs 10:16; Romans 2:8–9; Proverbs 12:28; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 7:22–23
  19. 20 Psalm 119:1; Psalm 140:13; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Proverbs 21:29; Proverbs 6:14
  20. 21 Psalm 112:1–2; Acts 2:39; Jeremiah 32:39; Psalm 37:26; Proverbs 16:5
  21. 22 1 Peter 3:3–4; Proverbs 31:30; Nahum 3:4–6; Proverbs 7:10; 2 Peter 2:22
  22. 23 Matthew 5:6; Psalm 37:4; Romans 2:8–9; Jeremiah 17:16; Psalm 10:17
  23. 24 Proverbs 19:17; Luke 6:38; Deuteronomy 15:10; Psalm 112:9; Ecclesiastes 11:6
  24. 25 Matthew 5:7; 2 Corinthians 9:6–9; Isaiah 58:7–11; Matthew 25:34–35; Isaiah 32:8
  25. 26 Job 29:13; Genesis 42:6; Amos 8:4–6; Proverbs 24:24
  26. 27 Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 17:11; Esther 7:10; Psalm 57:6; Psalm 9:15–16
  27. 28 1 Timothy 6:17; Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 52:7–8; Psalm 1:3; Psalm 92:12–14
  28. 29 Ecclesiastes 5:16; Proverbs 14:19; Proverbs 15:27; Habakkuk 2:9–10; 1 Samuel 25:17
  29. 30 Daniel 12:3; James 5:20; 1 Corinthians 9:19–23; Proverbs 3:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:19
  30. 31 1 Peter 4:17–18; Jeremiah 25:29; 1 Corinthians 11:30–32; Proverbs 13:21; 2 Samuel 12:9–12

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 11:31 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XCIV)

    … To which he added this testimony: "For if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?" How then shall the wicked be with Thee, if Thou dost not even spare Thy faithful, in order that Thou mayest exercise and teach them? But as He spareth them not, for this reason, that He may teach them: he …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)