Parallel Bible results for "Proverbs 21:1-10"

Proverbs 21:1-10

1 Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God; he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.

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

2 We justify our actions by appearances; God examines our motives.

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

3 Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to God than religious performance.

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

4 Arrogance and pride - distinguishing marks in the wicked - are just plain sin.

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

5 Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.

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

6 Make it to the top by lying and cheating; get paid with smoke and a promotion - to death!

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

7 The wicked get buried alive by their loot because they refuse to use it to help others.

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

8 Mixed motives twist life into tangles; pure motives take you straight down the road. Do Your Best, Prepare for the Worst

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

9 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

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

10 Wicked souls love to make trouble; they feel nothing for friends and neighbors.

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