Proverbs 21:5-15

⁵The thoughts of a strong man be ever in abundance; but each slow man is ever in neediness.

⁶He that gathereth treasures by the tongue of a lie maker, is vain, and without heart; and he shall be hurled to the snares of death.

⁷The ravens of unpious men shall draw them down; for they would not do doom.

⁸The wayward way of a man is alien from God; but the work of him that is clean of sin, is rightful or right.

⁹It is better to sit in the corner of an house without roof, than with a woman full of chiding, and in a common house.

¹⁰The soul of an unpious man desireth evil; he shall not have mercy on his neighbour.

¹¹When a man full of pestilence is punished, a little man of wit shall be wiser; and if he pursueth or follow a wise man, he shall take knowing.

¹²A just or rightwise man of the house of a wicked man thinketh, to withdraw wicked men from evil.

¹³He that stoppeth his ear at the cry of a poor man, shall cry also, and he shall not be heard.

¹⁴A gift hid quencheth chidings; and a gift in the bosom quencheth most indignation.

¹⁵It is joy to a just or rightwise man to make doom; and it is dread to them that work wickedness.