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Proverbs 21:1-10

1 The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever 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 Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

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

3 To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

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

4 Lofty 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 thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.

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 breath of them that seek death.

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

7 The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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

8 Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, 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 dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.

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

10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

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

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