Proverbs Chapter 21
Proverbs is the 20th book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains Proverbs 21:1 to Proverbs 21:9.
Browse to all the verses of Proverbs by clicking the page number below the chapter list.
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Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.
Proverbs 21:2
Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.
Proverbs 21:6
The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.
Proverbs 21:8
The way of a guilty man is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 21:10
The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
Proverbs 21:11
When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Proverbs 21:12
The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, Turning the wicked to ruin.
Proverbs 21:13
He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be answered.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
Proverbs 21:15
The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous, But is terror to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 21:16
A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
Proverbs 21:18
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
Proverbs 21:20
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man swallows it up.
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