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Proverbs 21:1-10

1 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.

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 is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.

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

3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

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

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

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

5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

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

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

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

7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.

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

8 The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

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

9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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

10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

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

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