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Proverbs 11 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Pro 11:1False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.
Pro 11:2Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.[fn]
Pro 11:3 [fn]When a just man dies he [fn]leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
Pro 11:5Righteousness [fn]traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.
Pro 11:6The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.
Pro 11:7At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.
Pro 11:8A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
Pro 11:9In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.
Pro 11:10In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers:[fn]
Pro 11:11but by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown.
Pro 11:12A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.
Pro 11:13A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: but he that is [fn]faithful in spirit conceals matters.
Pro 11:14They that have no [fn]guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.
Pro 11:15A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.
Pro 11:16A gracious wife [fn]brings glory to her husband: but a woman hating righteousness is a theme of dishonour. The slothful come to want: but the [fn]diligent support themselves with wealth.
Pro 11:17A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.
Pro 11:18An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.
Pro 11:19A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly ends in death.
Pro 11:20Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.
Pro 11:21He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness shall receive a faithful reward.
Pro 11:22As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.
Pro 11:23All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
Pro 11:24There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less.[fn]
Pro 11:25Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.
Pro 11:26May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives it.
Pro 11:27He that devises good counsels seeks good favour: but as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him.
Pro 11:28He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall rise.[fn]
Pro 11:29He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.
Pro 11:30Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.
Pro 11:31 [fn]If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
BES Footnotes
See Appendix.
the Alexandrine text reads: “The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the overthrow of the rebellious shall spoil them.”
Comp. Heb.
Gr. right divides.
See Appendix which gives the Alexandrine text as: “[note - Part of verse 10.]— but at the destruction of the wicked there is exultation.”
See chap 20:27.
Or, governance.
Gr. raises.
Gr. manly.
Gr. diminished.
See 1 Pet.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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