A false balance is abomination; An honest weight delights the Lord. Pride arrives and shame walks with it; Humility carries wisdom. Integrity guides upright people; Crooked dealing ruins the unfaithful. Riches cannot profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. One person scatters and yet increases; Another withholds and comes to want. The generous soul will be made prosperous; One who waters others will be watered. A city rises when the righteous prosper; It shouts when wicked power falls. A gossip tears a neighbor open; A faithful spirit keeps a confidence. The fruit of righteousness becomes a tree of life; The wise one wins the souls of people.