Proverbs 11 (NET)

Proverbs 11:1¹The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:13-16Prov 16:11Prov 20:23Lev 19:35-36Prov 20:10Hos 12:7Amos 8:5-6Ezek 45:10-12Mic 6:10-11

Proverbs 11:2²After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 29:23Prov 16:18-19Luke 18:14Prov 15:33Prov 18:12Prov 3:34-351 Cor 8:1-2Luke 14:8-11Dan 4:30-32

Proverbs 11:3³The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:18Prov 13:6Ps 25:21Ps 26:1John 7:17Prov 19:3Eccl 7:17Prov 11:5Isa 1:28Prov 21:7

Proverbs 11:4⁴Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:2Zeph 1:18Gen 7:1Ezek 7:191 Tim 4:8Ps 49:6-8Luke 12:20Matt 16:26Job 36:18-19Prov 12:28

Proverbs 11:5⁵The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 5:22Ps 9:15-16Esth 7:3-10Matt 27:4-5Prov 1:31-32Prov 11:3Prov 3:6

Proverbs 11:6⁶The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 10:81 Kgs 2:441 Sam 12:3-4Prov 5:22Ps 7:15-161 Kgs 2:32-33Gen 30:33Gen 31:37

Proverbs 11:7⁷When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:28Job 8:13-14Job 11:20Exod 15:9-10Luke 12:19-20Prov 14:32Ps 146:4Ezek 28:9

Proverbs 11:8⁸A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 6:23-24Prov 21:18Esth 7:9-10Isa 43:3-4

Proverbs 11:9⁹With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 2:10-16Prov 4:5-61 John 2:271 John 2:211 Tim 4:1-32 Cor 11:13-152 Pet 2:1-32 Pet 3:16-18Acts 20:30Job 8:13

Proverbs 11:10¹⁰When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:12Esth 8:15-16Ps 58:10-11Judg 5:31Prov 28:28

Proverbs 11:11¹¹A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 14:34Prov 29:8Jas 3:62 Chr 32:20-22Eccl 9:15Job 22:302 Sam 20:1Esth 3:8-15Gen 41:38-42Gen 45:8

Proverbs 11:12¹²The one who denounces his neighbor lacks sense, but a discerning person keeps silent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:23Prov 10:19Luke 16:14Luke 18:9Prov 14:21Ps 123:3-41 Sam 10:272 Kgs 18:36John 7:48-52Judg 9:27-29

Proverbs 11:13¹³The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:19Lev 19:16Prov 25:91 Tim 5:13Prov 26:20-22Josh 2:14Jer 38:27Josh 2:20Prov 14:5Neh 6:17-19

Proverbs 11:14¹⁴When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 24:6Prov 15:22Prov 20:18Prov 16:221 Kgs 12:1-19Acts 15:6-21Isa 19:11-14

Proverbs 11:15¹⁵The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 17:18Prov 6:1-5Prov 20:16Prov 22:26-27

Proverbs 11:16¹⁶A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 31:30-31Luke 10:42Acts 16:14-151 Sam 25:32-33Acts 9:392 John 1:12 Sam 20:16-22Esth 9:25Luke 11:21-22Luke 8:3

Proverbs 11:17¹⁷A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:7Jas 2:13Matt 25:34-402 Cor 9:6-14Dan 4:27Jas 5:1-5Matt 6:14-15Phil 4:17Ps 41:1-4Eccl 4:8

Proverbs 11:18¹⁸The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 6:8-9Eccl 10:8Hos 10:12-13Jas 3:18Prov 22:8Ps 126:5-6Prov 1:18Prov 5:22Isa 59:5-8Job 27:13-23

Proverbs 11:19¹⁹True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:16Prov 12:28Prov 19:23Rom 2:8-9Prov 1:16-19Prov 7:22-23Prov 8:361 John 3:101 John 3:7Acts 10:35

Proverbs 11:20²⁰The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:11 Chr 29:17Prov 21:29Ps 140:13Prov 6:14Prov 8:13Ps 11:7Ps 18:25-26Ps 51:6Prov 12:22

Proverbs 11:21²¹Be assured that the evil person will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous have escaped harm.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 112:1-2Acts 2:39Jer 32:39Ps 37:26Prov 16:5Prov 13:22Gen 17:7-8Exod 23:2Isa 27:4

Proverbs 11:22²²Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:3-4Prov 31:30Nah 3:4-62 Pet 2:22Prov 7:10Prov 9:13Gen 24:47Ezek 16:15-22

Proverbs 11:23²³The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:6Ps 37:4Rom 2:8-9Isa 26:9Jer 17:16Prov 10:28Ps 10:17Ps 119:10Ps 27:4Heb 10:27

Proverbs 11:24²⁴One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:17Luke 6:38Deut 15:10Ps 112:9Eccl 11:6Hag 1:6Hag 1:9-112 Cor 9:5-11Prov 11:18Hag 2:16-19

Proverbs 11:25²⁵A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:72 Cor 9:6-9Isa 58:7-11Matt 25:34-35Isa 32:8Prov 28:27Job 29:13-18Job 31:16-20

Proverbs 11:26²⁶People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 42:6Job 29:13Amos 8:4-6Prov 24:24

Proverbs 11:27²⁷The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil—it will come to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 7:15-16Prov 17:11Esth 7:10Ps 57:6Ps 9:15-16Ps 10:2

Proverbs 11:28²⁸The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:17Jer 17:8Ps 52:7-8Ps 1:3Mark 10:24-25Ps 62:10Ps 92:12-14Deut 8:12-14Isa 60:21Job 31:24-25

Proverbs 11:29²⁹The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 5:16Prov 14:19Hab 2:9-10Prov 15:271 Sam 25:171 Sam 25:31 Sam 25:38Hos 8:7Josh 7:24-25Gen 34:30

Proverbs 11:30³⁰The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 12:3Jas 5:201 Cor 9:19-231 Thess 2:19Prov 3:18John 4:36Luke 5:9-10Matt 4:19Prov 15:4

Proverbs 11:31³¹If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:17-18Jer 25:291 Cor 11:30-322 Sam 12:9-12Prov 13:212 Sam 7:14-151 Kgs 13:24