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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 11) Proverbs 11:1-2 KJV
"A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom."
Proverbs Chapter 11, Verse 1-2
Proverbs 11:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.**
2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.*