Watch Queue Queue. (11:1) Integrity In Business (Prov 11:1 NIV) The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight. Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight. The integrity of the honest keeps them on track; the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin. While the topics covered are vast, many contrast either proper behavior with improper behavior or the righteous with the wicked. 20 God can’t stand deceivers,    but oh how he relishes integrity. Follow Desiring God on Facebook. 11 1 God hates cheating in the marketplace; he loves it when business is aboveboard. 2 The stuck-up fall flat on their faces, but down-to-earth people stand firm. Consider a stubborn king who will not listen to advice, such as the son of Solomon, who was advised wisely by his father’s counselors, but ignored it (1 Kg 12:8). Downloads & Resources. With the discretion of God's wisdom, you can defer your anger and ignore his or her transgression 3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is published by Jehovah’s Witnesses. Bible in basic english. Please illuminate your word and give me wisdom to live a life that is holy. 4 Your riches won’t help you on Judgment Day; only righteousness counts then. Where no counsel is, the people fall — “Where prudent counsellors are wanting a nation goes to wreck, as certainly as a ship doth without a pilot; but a country is safe when there are many wise men to govern affairs; that if one fail, there may enough still remain; or what one or two see not, others may be able to discern.” Proverbs 11 The Message (MSG) Without Good Direction, People Lose Their Way. Consider a stubborn king who will not listen to advice, such as the son of Solomon, who was advised wisely by … Whoever makes deals with strangers is sure to get burned; if you keep a cool head, you’ll avoid rash bargains. I’m glad you are reading this! Date Oct 30 2021. Summary Proverbs 11 contains thirty-one individual sayings. They pray for the city; they do only good and not evil. When you’re kind to others, you help yourself; when you’re cruel to others, you hurt yourself. 2 The stuck-up fall flat on their faces, A false balance — The use of all false weights and measures in commerce; is abomination to the Lord — Highly abominable to him, both because this wickedness is practised under a colour of justice, and because it is destructive of human society, and especially of the poor, whose patron the Lord declares himself to be: see on Leviticus 19:35. Proverbs 11:1 — "but a just weight is his delight" - Word Study on "just" - Gesenius says the Hebrew word "just" ( שָׁלֵם) (H 8003) means, "whole, perfect, sound, safe, completed, finished." Just one tap away from sermons, blogs, and other resources. Date Oct 30 2021. Hello! Proverbs chapter 11 KJV (King James Version) 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. Proverbs 11 Living Bible (TLB). [1] This is one of many warnings in the Bible against dishonesty (Proverbs 16:11; 20:10,23 Look at verse 1: “The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with Him.” If you consider this, it’s not just scales and measurements. Hebrew-English Text I. when it goes badly for bad people, the town celebrates. a. Dishonest scales are an abomination: The term abomination was reserved for terrible, horrific things. In the same way, a person who decides to live contrary to God's way will automatically produce negative results. A gadabout gossip can't be trusted with a secret, but someone of integrity won't violate a confidence. Proverbs 11 – The Message (MSG) On May 11, 2018 By 4jcn94 In bible; bible verses; daily proverbs; proverbs, Uncategorized. Proverbs 11 – Blessings to the Righteous and Upright Proverbs 11:1. 00. minutes. Proverbs 11 – The Message (MSG) On May 11, 2018 By 4jcn94 In bible; bible verses; daily proverbs; proverbs, Uncategorized. Genesis 9:22 (Read all of Genesis 9) Proverbs 11:3 16 A woman of gentle grace gets respect,    but men of rough violence grab for loot. When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes; evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time. 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