Proverbs 21:2-9

²People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our ◄motives/reasons for doing things► MTY.

³Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than bringing sacrifices to him.

⁴Being proud and arrogant DOU is like a lamp MTY that guides wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes ◄wicked people's whole behavior/everything that wicked people do►.

⁵People who plan carefully will surely have plenty of what they need; those who act too quickly to become rich will become poor.

⁶Money that people acquire by cheating others by lying MTY to them will soon disappear like a mist, and doing that will soon lead to their death.

⁷Wicked people refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things PRS that they do.

⁸Guilty people continually do what is evil; it is as though MET they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people always do what is right.

⁹It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop by yourself than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.