1Scales of deceit are an abomination to YHWH, but a perfect weight is his delight.
2Pride comes, then comes shame, but with the modest is wisdom.
3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the faithless destroys them.
4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
5The righteousness of the blameless makes straight his way, but by his wickedness the wicked falls.
6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but in their craving the faithless are caught.
7At the death of a wicked man (adam), hope perishes, and the expectation of strength perishes.
8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.
9With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are delivered.
10In the good of the righteous a city rejoices, and in the perishing of the wicked there is a shout of joy.
11By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
12He who despises his neighbor lacks heart, but a man (ish) of understanding keeps silent.
13He who goes about as a talebearer reveals a secret, but the faithful of spirit (ruach) conceals a matter.
14Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in the multitude of counselors is deliverance.
15He surely suffers harm who is surety for a stranger, but he who hates those who strike hands is secure.
16A woman (ishah) of grace obtains honor, and the ruthless obtain wealth.
17A man (ish) of kindness does good to his own soul (nephesh), but the cruel troubles his own flesh.
18The wicked works a wage of falsehood, but he who sows righteousness has a reward of truth.
19So righteousness is to life (chai), and he who pursues evil, to his own death.
20An abomination to YHWH are the perverse of heart, but his delight are the blameless of way.
21Hand to hand, the evil one shall not go unpunished, but the seed of the righteous shall escape.
22A ring of gold in the snout of a swine is a beautiful woman (ishah) who turns aside from discretion.
23The desire of the righteous is only good; the hope of the wicked is wrath.
24There is one who scatters, yet increases more, and one who withholds from what is right, only to want.
25A soul (nephesh) of blessing shall be made fat, and he who waters, he too shall be watered.
26He who withholds grain, the people curse him, but blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches for evil, it comes to him.
28He who trusts in his riches, he shall fall, but like foliage the righteous shall flourish.
29He who troubles his house shall inherit spirit (ruach), and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life (chai), and he who takes souls (nephesh) is wise.
31Behold, the righteous shall be requited in the land; how much more the wicked and the sinner!