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Proverbs 21:1-10

1 The Lord controls the mind of a king as easily as he directs the course of a stream.

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

2 You may think that everything you do is right, but remember that the Lord judges your motives.

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

3 Do what is right and fair; that pleases the Lord more than bringing him sacrifices.

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

4 Wicked people are controlled by their conceit and arrogance, and this is sinful.

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

5 Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly, you will never have enough.

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

6 The riches you get by dishonesty soon disappear, but not before they lead you into the jaws of death.

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

7 The wicked are doomed by their own violence; 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 Guilty people walk a crooked path; the innocent do what is right.

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

9 Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.

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

10 Wicked people are always hungry for evil; they have no mercy on anyone.

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