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Proverbs 21:1-10

1 As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.

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 seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

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

3 To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

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

4 Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the 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 industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

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

6 He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

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

7 The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.

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

8 The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is 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 sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common 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, he will not have pity on his neighbour.

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

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