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Proverbs 21:1-10

1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

1 In the LORD’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.

2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

2 A person may think their own ways are right, but the LORD weighs the heart.

3 To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

6 A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

10 The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

10 The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.

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