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📚✭The king’s heart is in the handof the LORD;
like streams of water,
he turns it wherever he will.
2 📚Every way of a man is right
in his own eyes,
but the LORD weighs the hearts.
3 📚Doing what is right and just is
more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 📚A haughty look and a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked, are sin.
5 📚The plans of the diligent surely lead
to profit,
but those of everyone who is
hasty surely leads to poverty.
6 📚✭Getting treasures by a lying tongue is
a fleeing vapour,
pursued by those who seek death.
7 📚The violence of the wicked will destroy them,
because they refuse to act justly.
8 📚✭The way of the perverse man is devious;
but as for the pure,
his behaviour is upright.
9 📚It is better to live in a corner
of the housetop,
than in a house with a quarrelsome woman.
10 📚The soul of the wicked desires evil;
his neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.
11 📚When the scorner is punished,
the simple is made wise;
and when the wise is instructed,
he gains knowledge.
12 📚The righteous person wisely
considers the house of the wicked,
but God overthrows the wicked for
their wickedness.
13 📚✭Whoever shuts his ears at the cry
of the poor,
will also cry out himself,
but will not be heard.
14 📚A gift in secret pacifies anger,
and a bribe in the bosom strong wrath.
15 📚✭Justice done is a joy to the righteous,
but like destruction to evildoers.
16 📚The man who wanders out
of the way of understanding will settle down
in the company of the dead.
17 📚He who loves pleasure will become
a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
18 📚✭The wicked will be a ransom
for the righteous,
and the transgressor for the upright.
19 📚It is better to live
in the wilderness,
than with a quarrelsome and angry woman.
20 📚There is precious treasure
and oil in the home of the wise,
but a foolish man consumes it.
21 📚He who follows righteousness
and mercy finds life, righteousness,
and honour.
22 📚✭A wise man scales the wall of
the city of the mighty,
and casts down the stronghold
in which they trust.
23 📚Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue
keeps his soul from troubles.
24 📚✭Proud and haughty scorner is
his name, who acts with arrogant pride.
25 📚The desire of the lazy kills him,
for his hands refuse to work.
26 📚He greedily covets all day long,
but the righteous gives unsparingly.
27 📚The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination;
how much more when he brings it
with a wicked mind?
28 📚✭A false witness will perish,
but the man who listens speaks to the end.
29 📚A wicked man puts on a bold face,
but as for the upright,
he directs his way.
30 📚There is no wisdom or understanding
or counsel against the LORD.
31 📚The horse is prepared for the day
of battle,
but safety is from the LORD.