Proverbs 11:3
“The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.”
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.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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“The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.”
“He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.”