Proverbs 11
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
9An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
12He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
13A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
14Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
26He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqH66628× in this chapter
just
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻH75638× in this chapter
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhH66665× in this chapter
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- רַעraʻH74514× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9354× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בְּרָכָהBᵉrâkâhH12933× in this chapter
benediction; by implication prosperity
- יָשָׁרyâshârH34773× in this chapter
straight (literally or figuratively)
- לֵבlêbH38203× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- מָוֶתmâvethH41943× in this chapter
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
- נָפַלnâphalH53073× in this chapter
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53153× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- אָבַדʼâbadH63× in this chapter
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
- רָצוֹןrâtsôwnH75223× in this chapter
delight (especially as shown)
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הוּאhûwʼH19312× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- חַיchayH24162× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חָכָםchâkâmH24502× in this chapter
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
- חָלַץchâlatsH25022× in this chapter
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
- טוֹבṭôwbH28962× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אִישׁʼîyshH3762× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אַךְʼakH3892× in this chapter
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
- נָצַלnâtsalH53372× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- עֶבְרָהʻebrâhH56782× in this chapter
an outburst of passion
- עָכַרʻâkarH59162× in this chapter
properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
- עֹשֶׁרʻôsherH62392× in this chapter
wealth
- פֶּהpehH63102× in this chapter
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
- רוּחַrûwachH73072× in this chapter
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
- רֵעַrêaʻH74532× in this chapter
an associate (more or less close)
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8022× in this chapter
a woman
- תּוֹעֵבַהtôwʻêbahH84412× in this chapter
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
- תָּמִיםtâmîymH85492× in this chapter
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
- תָּמַךְtâmakH85512× in this chapter
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
- תִּקְוָהtiqvâhH86152× in this chapter
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
- בָּגַדbâgadH8982× in this chapter
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
- בָּטַחbâṭachH9822× in this chapter
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)