✧1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases. ✧2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart. ✧3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. ✧4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin. ✧5The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. ✧6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit. ✧7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just. ✧8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. ✧9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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✧10The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
✧11When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
✧12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
✧13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
✧14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
✧15Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
✧16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
✧17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
✧18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
✧19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
✧20Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
✧21He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
✧22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
✧23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
✧24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
✧25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
✧26All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
✧27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
✧28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
✧29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
✧30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
✧31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.