Proverbs 11:18-31

18The wicked earn deceptive wages, but a sower of righteousness reaps a true reward.

19Steadfast righteousness leads to life, but pursuing evil ends in death.

20Perverse hearts are an abomination to Adonai. His favor is on those blameless in their ways.

21Be sure, the evil will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the hope of the wicked only wrath.

24One gives freely, yet gains even more. Another withholds unjustly, and comes to poverty.

25A soul who blesses will prosper, and one who gives water will himself be satisfied.

26People curse anyone withholding grain, but blessing is on the head of one who dispenses it.

27A person who diligently seeks good finds favor, but to one who searches for evil, evil comes to him!

28Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise-hearted.

30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever wins souls is wise.

31If the righteous is rewarded on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!