This weeks lessons will be drawn from Proverbs 11:
Proverbs 11:1-23
Wisdom avoids all kinds of wickedness.
Proverbs 11:1-23Easy-to-Read Version
(ERV)
11 The
Lord hates false scales, but he
loves accurate weights.
2 Proud
and boastful people will be shamed, but wisdom stays with those who are modest
and humble.
3 Good
people are guided by their honesty, but crooks who lie and cheat will ruin
themselves.
4 Money
is worthless when you face God’s punishment, but living right will save you
from death.
5 Doing
right makes life better for those who are good, but the wicked are destroyed by
their own wicked ways.
6 Doing
right sets honest people free, but people who can’t be trusted are trapped by
their greed.
7 When
the wicked die, all their hopes are lost; everything they thought they could do
comes to nothing.
8 Good
people escape from trouble, but the wicked come along and are trapped by it.
9 With
their words hypocrites can destroy their neighbors. But with what they know,
good people can escape.
10 When
good people are successful, the whole city is happy, and they all shout with
joy when evil people are destroyed.
11 Blessings
from the honest people living in a city will make it great, but the things evil
people say can destroy it.
12 Stupid
people say bad things about their neighbors.[a]
Wise people know to be quiet.
13 People
who tell secrets about others cannot be trusted. Those who can be trusted keep
quiet.
14 A
nation without wise leaders will fall. Many good advisors make a nation safe.
15 You
will be sorry if you promise to pay a stranger’s debt. Refuse to make such
promises and you will be safe.
16 A
kind and gentle woman gains respect, but violent men gain only wealth.
17 People
who are kind will be rewarded for their kindness, but cruel people will be
rewarded with trouble.
18 The
work of evil people is all lies, but those who do right will receive a good
reward.[b]
19 People
who do what is right are on their way to life, but those who always want to do
wrong are on their way to death.
20 The
Lord hates those who love to do
evil, but he is pleased with those who try to do right.
21 The
truth is, evil people will be punished, and good people will be set free.
22 A
beautiful woman without good sense is like a gold ring in a pig’s nose.
23 What
good people want brings more good. What evil people want brings more trouble.
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