1. False scales are an abomination to the Lord,but an honest weight, his delight.
2. When pride comes, disgrace comes;but with the humble is wisdom.
3. The honesty of the upright guides them;the faithless are ruined by their duplicity.
4. Wealth is useless on a day of wrath, but justice saves from death.
5. The justice of the honest makes their way straight,but by their wickedness the wicked fall.
6. The justice of the upright saves them,but the faithless are caught in their own intrigue.
7. When a person dies, hope is destroyed;expectation pinned on wealth is destroyed.
8. The just are rescued from a tight spot,but the wicked fall into it instead.
9. By a word the impious ruin their neighbors,but through their knowledge the just are rescued.
10. When the just prosper, the city rejoices;when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
11. Through the blessing of the upright the city is exalted,but through the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.