1 A false scale is an abomination to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
But a perfect weight is His delight.
2 Pride comes, then comes shame;
But with the humble is wisdom.
3 The integrity of the straight ones guides them,
But the slipperiness of the treacherous destroys them.
4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the perfect makes his way straight,
But by his own wickedness the wicked one falls.
6 The righteousness of the straight ones delivers them,
But the treacherous are caught by greed.
7 When a wicked man dies, expectancy perishes,
And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.
8 The righteous is delivered from distress,
And the wicked takes his place.
9 The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth,
But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.
10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices.
And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11 By the beraḵah of the straight the city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.
12 He who lacks heart despises his neighbour,
But a man of understanding keeps silence.
13 A slanderer is a revealer of secrets,
But one with a trustworthy spirit conceals a matter.
14 Without guidance the people fall,
But in a great counsellor there is safety.
15 He who is guarantor for a stranger suffers harm,
But one who hates shaking hands in a pledge is safe.
16 A woman showing favour obtains esteem,
But ruthless men obtain riches.
17 A kind man is rewarding his being,
But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
18 The wicked earns false wages,
But the one sowing righteousness, a true reward.
19 Thus righteousness is to ḥai,
And one pursuing evil, to his own death.
20 The perverse of heart are an abomination to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
But the perfect in the Way are His delight.
21 Hand to hand, the evil one does not go unpunished,
But the seed of the righteous shall escape.
22 Like a ring of gold in a pig’s snout,
Is a lovely woman who lacks good sense.
23 The desire of the righteous is only good,
The expectancy of the wicked is wrath.
24 There is one who scatters, yet increases more.
And one who withholds from what is right,
and is impoverished.
25 The generous being is enriched,
And he who waters is also watered himself.
26 The people curse him who withholds grain,
But beraḵah is on the head of him who sells it.
27 He who earnestly seeks good,
seeks what is pleasing;
But to him who seeks evil,
It comes to him.
28 He who trusts in his riches falls,
But the righteous flourish like a leaf.
29 He who troubles his own house inherits wind,
And the fool is servant to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of ḥai,
And he who is winning lives is wise.
31 See, the righteous in the earth shall be rewarded,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!