1. The Lord abhors dishonest scales,but an accurate weight is his delight.
2. When pride comes, then comes disgrace,but with humility comes wisdom.
3. The integrity of the upright guides them,but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.
4. Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath,but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
5. The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way,but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.
6. The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.
7. When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes,and the hope of his strength perishes.
8. The righteous person is delivered out of trouble,and the wicked turns up in his stead.
9. With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor,but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.