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Proverbs 21:1-10

1 The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD ; He turns it wherever He wishes.

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 man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.

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

3 To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more 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, is 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 advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.

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

6 The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit 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 drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.

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

8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct 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 a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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 favor in his eyes.

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