Proverbs 21:1-19

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

²Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

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

⁴Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.

⁵The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

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

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

⁸The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.

⁹It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house.

¹⁰The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on his neighbour.

¹¹When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.

¹²The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.

¹³He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself and shall not be heard.

¹⁴A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath.

¹⁵It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.

¹⁶A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.

¹⁷He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.

¹⁸The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.

¹⁹It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.