Proverbs 21:1-9

¹The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever He will.

²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the hearts.

³To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

⁴A haughty look, and a proud heart — the tillage of the wicked is sin.

⁵The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

⁶The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

⁷The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.

⁸The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right.

⁹It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.