11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,^(A)
    but accurate weights find favor with him.^(B)

⁸ Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain^(A) with injustice.^(B)

⁶ A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.^[a](A)

¹⁶ One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

¹¹ Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.^(A)