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Proverbs 21:15-25

15 Good people celebrate when justice triumphs, but for the workers of evil it's a bad day.

15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

16 Whoever wanders off the straight and narrow ends up in a congregation of ghosts.

16 Whoever strays from the path of prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead.

17 You're addicted to thrills? What an empty life! The pursuit of pleasure is never satisfied.

17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

18 What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs; the plotter gets it in the end.

18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

19 Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.

19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

20 Valuables are safe in a wise person's home; fools put it all out for yard sales.

20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.

21 Whoever goes hunting for what is right and kind finds life itself - glorious life!

21 Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

22 One sage entered a whole city of armed soldiers - their trusted defenses fell to pieces!

22 One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

23 Watch your words and hold your tongue; you'll save yourself a lot of grief.

23 Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

24 You know their names - Brash, Impudent, Blasphemer - intemperate hotheads, every one.

24 The proud and arrogant person—“Mocker” is his name— behaves with insolent fury.

25 Lazy people finally die of hunger because they won't get up and go to work.

25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.