Proverbs 21:3-13

3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.
9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.
10 The souls of the wicked desire evil; their neighbors find no mercy in their eyes.
11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser; when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.
12 The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he casts the wicked down to ruin.
13 If you close your ear to the cry of the poor, you will cry out and not be heard.

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