1. A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.
2. Pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.
3. The integrity of the straight ones guides them, But the slipperiness of the treacherous destroys them.
4. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
5. The righteousness of the perfect Makes his way straight, But by his own wrongness the wrong one falls.
6. The righteousness of the straight ones delivers them, But the treacherous are caught by greed.
7. When a wrong man dies, expectancy perishes, And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.
8. The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.
9. The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.
10. When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices. And when the wrong perish, there is shouting.