Proverbs 21

¹The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water:

²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes:

³To do justice and judgment

⁴A high look, and a proud heart,

⁵The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;

⁶The getting of treasures by a lying tongue

⁷The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;

⁸The way of man is froward and strange:

⁹It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,

¹⁰The soul of the wicked desireth evil:

¹¹When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise:

¹²The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked:

¹³Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,

¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger:

¹⁵It is joy to the just to do judgment:

¹⁶The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding

¹⁷He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:

¹⁸The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,

¹⁹It is better to dwell in the wilderness,

²⁰There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise;

²¹He that followeth after righteousness and mercy

²²A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,

²³Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue

²⁴Proud and haughty scorner is his name,

²⁵The desire of the slothful killeth him;

²⁶He coveteth greedily all the day long:

²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination:

²⁸A false witness shall perish:

²⁹A wicked man hardeneth his face:

³⁰There is no wisdom nor understanding

³¹The horse is prepared against the day of battle: