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Proverbs 21:1-8
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Proverbs 21:1-8
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In the LORD’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.
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A person may think their own ways are right, but the LORD weighs the heart.
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To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
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The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
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A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
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The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.
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The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
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Esther 5:1
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Jeremiah 39:11-12
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Proverbs 16:2
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Proverbs 24:12
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Luke 16:15
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1 Samuel 15:22
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Proverbs 15:8
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Isaiah 1:11
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Hosea 6:6
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Micah 6:6-8
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Job 41:34
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Proverbs 6:17
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Proverbs 10:4
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Proverbs 28:22
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Proverbs 10:2
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2 Peter 2:3
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Proverbs 11:5
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Proverbs 2:15
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Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts "vapor for those who seek death"
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