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Proverbs 21:1-10

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers 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 the LORD pondereth the hearts.

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

3 To do justice and judgment 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 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing 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 vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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

7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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

8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

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 brawling 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 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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