Proverbs 11

These couplets, for the most part, are super straight-forward. However, if someone wants to clarify verse 1 for me, that would be awesome!

Pride brings disgrace. Be humble instead, and receive wisdom. Uphold your integrity. Worldly earnings will do nothing for you on judgement day; they hold no eternal value. Be righteous in the eyes of the Lord. Keep straight down the path God has set for you. When the righteous cry out in times of crisis, our Father comes to our rescue. God’s knowledge acts as out shields against the slanderous words of the wicked.

 "¹¹ Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, 
   but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed."

I love that thought. Being able to build up a city by the power of God :) Do not gossip or lack judgement. Be kind to others and be generous. If you seek good, then you will find it, but keep in mind that the same applies to those who search for evil. Traveling down a righteous path will allow you to bear fruit in abundance.

Solomon really wants us to remember these things:
Be righteous! Seek it! Live it! Follow it’s path!
The things of this world mean nothing, ultimately. They reap no satisfaction.
The foolish will perish, and they seek the destruction righteous.

^"31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, 
   how much more the ungodly and the sinner!"