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Proverbs 11:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, pp. 24-25

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 24-25;

    w75 698; w63 268; g62 12/8 6

Proverbs 11:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Questions Answered, article 164

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 422

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2015, pp. 8-9

    5/15/2002, p. 25

    8/1/2000, pp. 9-19

    12/1/1995, p. 13

    12/15/1990, p. 23

    3/1/1990, p. 7

    3/15/1988, pp. 19-20

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 164; it-2 422; w15 6/1 8-9; w02 5/15 25; w00 8/1 9-19; w95 12/1 13; w90 3/1 7; w90 12/15 23; w88 3/15 19-20;

    w84 1/15 13; g83 8/8 16-17; w80 9/1 23; g79 8/22 28; w75 100; w74 532; w65 315; w63 420; w62 281; g62 11/8 16; w58 569; w54 327

Proverbs 11:3

Footnotes

  • *

    11:3 Lit. their wickedness will upset faithless men Codd. faithless men’s subversiveness will make havoc of them

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 26;

    g63 9/22 3

Proverbs 11:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 939

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    it-1 939; w02 5/15 26;

    w77 201; w75 6; w73 159; ad 657; w65 135; w57 669; v-1 240

Proverbs 11:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 26

Proverbs 11:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 26;

    v-1 240

Proverbs 11:7

Footnotes

  • *

    11:7 Susp.; var. At wicked man’s death

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1138

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1138; w02 5/15 26;

    ad 787

Proverbs 11:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 26;

    lp 37; w40 133

Proverbs 11:9

Footnotes

  • *

    11:9 Codd.* his neighbor goes wrong

  • *

    11:9 Or but by right-doers’ knowledge they are rescued

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 26;

    su 142-143; w51 477; w47 136; w39 179

Proverbs 11:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, pp. 26-27

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 26-27;

    w82 11/1 16

Proverbs 11:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2008, p. 19

    5/15/2002, p. 27

  • Publications Index

    w08 11/15 19; w02 5/15 27;

    w80 2/1 30

Proverbs 11:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2009, pp. 4-5

    5/15/2002, p. 27

    3/15/1997, pp. 12-13

  • Publications Index

    w09 5/15 4-5; w02 5/15 27; w97 3/15 12-13;

    w47 133

Proverbs 11:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, p. 27

    3/15/1997, pp. 12-13

    10/15/1989, pp. 14-15

    Awake!,

    7/8/1989, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 27; w97 3/15 12-13; w89 10/15 14; g89 7/8 19;

    w61 31; w60 333; w55 497; w54 592; w47 133

Proverbs 11:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2002, pp. 27-28

  • Publications Index

    w02 5/15 27-28;

    w61 305

Proverbs 11:15

Footnotes

  • *

    11:15 Or hand-striking

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1046

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 28

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1046; w02 7/15 28;

    g78 10/8 17-18; w62 243, 509

Proverbs 11:16

Footnotes

  • *

    11:16 Var. holds honor, and aggressive (omitting two lines)

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, pp. 28-29

  • Publications Index

    w02 7/15 28-29;

    w82 5/1 31

Proverbs 11:17

Footnotes

  • *

    11:17 Lit. A friendly man is doing it to himself

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    No. 1 2020 p. 11

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 29

    4/1/1993, pp. 28-29

  • Publications Index

    g20.1 11; w02 7/15 29; w93 4/1 28-29;

    w79 6/15 12; g76 4/8 4; w66 295; w61 647

Proverbs 11:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 29

  • Publications Index

    w02 7/15 29;

    w67 283; w37 227, 233

Proverbs 11:19

Footnotes

  • *

    11:19 (Firmness) Susp.

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    g61 9/22 4

Proverbs 11:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1046

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 29

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1046; w02 7/15 29;

    w53 92

Proverbs 11:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, pp. 29-30

    5/15/1987, p. 29

  • Publications Index

    w02 7/15 29-30; yp 243-244; w87 5/15 29;

    g82 5/22 18; yy 32-33; w73 523; w64 173; w57 180

Proverbs 11:24

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    w02 7/15 30;

    w64 473; w59 452; w54 760; w53 612; w37 72

Proverbs 11:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Questions Answered, article 155

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 814, 918

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 155; it-1 814, 918; w02 7/15 30;

    w80 3/15 25; w76 323; g72 11/22 4; ad 569; g66 1/22 3; w65 339; w64 471; g64 2/22 22; w61 328; w59 452; w57 670; w54 760; w53 612; w37 72

Proverbs 11:26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    w02 7/15 30;

    w61 307; w57 670

Proverbs 11:27

Footnotes

  • *

    11:27 Lit. is looking for

  • *

    11:27 Or to find approval

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    g84 7/22 16; w72 368-369, 374; w70 664; w64 631; pw 26

Proverbs 11:28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    9/2015, p. 5

  • Publications Index

    g 9/15 5;

    w77 201; g62 2/8 6; w42 157

Proverbs 11:29

Footnotes

  • *

    11:29 Susp.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1187

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 31

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1187; w02 7/15 31; yp 43;

    w79 6/15 12; ad 1658; w66 479

Proverbs 11:30

Footnotes

  • *

    11:30 Or is a tree of life

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 250

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2002, p. 31

  • Publications Index

    it-2 250; w02 7/15 31;

    ad 1064

Proverbs 11:31

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 792

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/2006, p. 18

    7/15/2002, p. 31

  • Publications Index

    it-2 792; w06 9/15 18; w02 7/15 31;

    w76 654; w43 155

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The Bible in Living English
Proverbs 11:1-31

Proverbs

11 Cheating scales are what Jehovah detests,

and a full-standard weight is what he approves.

2 Comes pretentiousness, comes dishonor;

but wisdom is on the side of modest men.

3* Straightforward men’s conscientiousness will guide them,

but faithless men will be upset by their wickedness.

4 Property does no good on a day of wrath,

but right-doing delivers from death.

5 A conscientious man’s rectitude will smooth his course,

but a wrong-doer will fall by his tendency to wrong.

6 Straightforward men’s rectitude will deliver them,

but faithless men will be caught by their greed.

7* At man’s death hope perishes

and the prospect vigor gave is lost.

8 An honest man is rescued out of distress

and a rogue goes in instead.

9** By an ungodly man’s mouth his neighbor is ruined,

but by knowledge honest men are rescued.

10 When good things happen to honest men a town jubilates,

but when rogues perish there is shouting.

11 By upright men’s blessing a town stands tall,

but by rogues’ mouths it is demolished.

12 A brainless man despises his neighbor,

but an intelligent man holds his tongue.

13 A tattler discloses confidences,

but a man of trusty spirit covers a matter up.

14 By not having political skill a people falls;

but preservation comes by plenty of advisers.

15* One comes to grievous harm because he has gone security for a stranger;

but he who hates hand-strikers has nothing to fear.

16* A gracious woman holds honor,

but a woman who hates the right things, a chair of dishonor.

Idlers will lack means,

but aggressive men will control riches.

17* A friendly man is befriending himself;

but a cruel man is breeding trouble for his own flesh.

18 A wrong-doer makes illusory revenue,

but he who sows the seed of right, real wages.

19* Firmness in the right makes for life;

but one who chases after evil does this for his own death.

20 Men crooked in their hearts are what Jehovah detests,

and men conscientious in their courses are what he approves.

21 Hand on hand a vicious man will not be cleared,

but right-doers’ descendants escape.

22 A beautiful but wrong-headed woman

is a gold ring in a hog’s nose.

23 Honest men’s desire is pure kindness,

but rogues’ hope is truculence.

24 There is such a thing as one who scatters but has more and more;

but one who scrimps unduly is headed only for want.

25 A generous soul will get plenty of oil,

and a man who gives water freely, plenty of water for himself.

26 One who refuses to sell grain the people will curse,

but there will be blessings for the head of one who does sell it.

27** One who goes after good is going to find God’s favor,

and one who hunts for harm will have it come to him.

28 He who puts confidence in his riches, he will fall,

but right-doers will bud out like leaves.

29* One who breeds trouble for his house will have an estate of air;

and an ignoramus is slave to a man with a wise brain.

30* The fruit of right-doing is bark from a tree of life,

but rascality takes lives away.

31 Here an honest man has a narrow margin of well-being—

how much more a rogue and sinner!

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