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Proverbs - ch 21 v 1 - 20
- The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
- Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
- To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
- A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
- The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
- Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
- The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
- The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
- When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
- The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
- Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
- A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
- It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
- The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
- He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
- The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.
- It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
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