The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives

Proverbs 11:1-31

The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him. When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. 

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.

Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.

Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.

Truly the righteous attain life, but whoever pursues evil finds death. The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.

Why?

Righteous attain life, but whoever pursues evil finds death. Righteous relative to life.

Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. So righteousness is more important than wealth.

Keeping a good relationship with the neighbor is important and keep holding their tongue is wisdom.

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詭詐、驕傲放在一起比較對照，設計一些計謀、驕傲是靠自己的性格，詭詐的人通常也是驕傲的人

公平和謙遜放在一起，寧可自己吃虧

天平、法碼在日常生活可見，若是詭詐、就是表裏不一。

這裏沒有提到救恩，義人是倚靠耶和華的人，不是靠自己做什麼！

v11-13 說話有關的事情。往來傳舌的，對照，心中誠實的。傳舌時會加添其他字句，以致最後變質。

聖經要求人不要為人做保，有誰講話不會落空呢?人常常失信，所以怎麼能保證別人，自己都不能保證自己失信了。最後都會落空。恩德的婦女得尊榮；強暴的男子得資財。尊榮勝過資財，婦女與男子，代表地位低與高

乖僻（邪惡）, 完全(正直)的對比

縱使穿戴美麗沒有見識，如豬一樣還是被人牽著鼻環走。

當我們願意更多分享、給予，就更多得恩惠。

倚仗自己財物的對比義人，義人是依靠耶和華的

義人在世尚且受報：人自己在世上所行的，還是要付上代價。如在獄中囚犯信主，他仍然要為他所行的付上代價，最大的死亡的代價耶穌幫我們付了！

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How?

Be a wise man doing the righteous and keep our tongue.