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# Proverbs 11

Proverbs 11 is chapter 11 of 31 in the Book of Proverbs. Here are all 31 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

## Proverbs 11 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will.
2. Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.
3. The simplicity of the just shall direct them, and the rebellion of the perverse will devastate them.
4. Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.
5. The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.
6. The justice of the upright shall free them. And the iniquitous will be seized by their own treachery.
7. When the impious man is dead, there will no longer be any hope. And the expectation of the anxious will perish.
8. The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.
9. The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.
10. In the good of the just, the city shall exult. And in the perdition of the impious, there shall be praise.
11. By the blessing of the just, the city shall be exalted. And by the mouth of the impious, it will be subverted.
12. Whoever despises his friend is destitute in heart. But the prudent man will remain silent.
13. Whoever walks dishonestly reveals secrets. But whoever is of a faithful soul conceals what is confided by a friend.
14. Where there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall be.
15. He will be afflicted with evil, who provides a guarantee for an outsider. But whoever is wary of traps shall be secure.
16. A gracious woman shall discover glory. And the robust will have wealth.
17. A merciful man benefits his own soul. But whoever is cruel casts out even his close relatives.
18. The impious does work with inconstancy. But for the sower of justice, there is the reward of faithfulness.
19. Clemency prepares life. And the pursuit of evils prepares death.
20. A depraved heart is abominable to the Lord. And his will is with those who walk in simplicity.
21. Hand in hand, the evil shall not be innocent. But the offspring of the just shall be saved.
22. A beautiful and senseless woman is like a gold ring in the snout of a swine.
23. The desire of the just is entirely good. The anticipation of the impious is fury.
24. Some distribute their own goods, and they become wealthier. Others seize what is not their own, and they are always in need.
25. The soul that blesses shall be made fat. And whoever inebriates will likewise be inebriated himself.
26. Whoever hides away grain shall be cursed among the people. But a blessing is upon the head of those who sell it.
27. He does well to rise early, who seeks what is good. But whoever is a seeker of evils shall be oppressed by them.
28. Whoever trusts in his riches will fall. But the just shall spring up like a green leaf.
29. Whoever troubles his own house will possess the winds. And whoever is foolish will serve the wise.
30. The fruit of the just one is the tree of life. And whoever receives souls is wise.
31. If the just are repaid upon the earth, how much more the impious and the sinner!

## Proverbs 11 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Statera dolosa abominatio est apud Dominum, et pondus æquum voluntas ejus.
2. Ubi fuerit superbia, ibi erit et contumelia; ubi autem est humilitas, ibi et sapientia.
3. Simplicitas justorum diriget eos, et supplantatio perversorum vastabit illos.
4. Non proderunt divitiæ in die ultionis; justitia autem liberabit a morte.
5. Justitia simplicis diriget viam ejus, et in impietate sua corruet impius.
6. Justitia rectorum liberabit eos, et in insidiis suis capientur iniqui.
7. Mortuo homine impio, nulla erit ultra spes, et exspectatio sollicitorum peribit.
8. Justus de angustia liberatus est, et tradetur impius pro eo.
9. Simulator ore decipit amicum suum; justi autem liberabuntur scientia.
10. In bonis justorum exsultabit civitas, et in perditione impiorum erit laudatio.
11. Benedictione justorum exaltabitur civitas, et ore impiorum subvertetur.
12. Qui despicit amicum suum indigens corde est; vir autem prudens tacebit.
13. Qui ambulat fraudulenter, revelat arcana; qui autem fidelis est animi, celat amici commissum.
14. Ubi non est gubernator, populus corruet; salus autem, ubi multa consilia.
15. Affligetur malo qui fidem facit pro extraneo; qui autem cavet laqueos securus erit.
16. Mulier gratiosa inveniet gloriam, et robusti habebunt divitias.
17. Benefacit animæ suæ vir misericors; qui autem crudelis est, etiam propinquos abjicit.
18. Impius facit opus instabile, seminanti autem justitiam merces fidelis.
19. Clementia præparat vitam, et sectatio malorum mortem.
20. Abominabile Domino cor pravum, et voluntas ejus in iis qui simpliciter ambulant.
21. Manus in manu non erit innocens malus; semen autem justorum salvabitur.
22. Circulus aureus in naribus suis, mulier pulchra et fatua.
23. Desiderium justorum omne bonum est; præstolatio impiorum furor.
24. Alii dividunt propria, et ditiores fiunt; alii rapiunt non sua, et semper in egestate sunt.
25. Anima quæ benedicit impinguabitur, et qui inebriat, ipse quoque inebriabitur.
26. Qui abscondit frumenta maledicetur in populis; benedictio autem super caput vendentium.
27. Bene consurgit diluculo qui quærit bona; qui autem investigator malorum est, opprimetur ab eis.
28. Qui confidit in divitiis suis corruet: justi autem quasi virens folium germinabunt.
29. Qui conturbat domum suam possidebit ventos, et qui stultus est serviet sapienti.
30. Fructus justi lignum vitæ, et qui suscipit animas sapiens est.
31. Si justus in terra recipit, quanto magis impius et peccator!

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).