Proverbs 21: 1 - 6, 10 - 13
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The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
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| 2
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.
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| 3
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To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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| 4
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Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
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| 5
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The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
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| 6
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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
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| 10
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The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
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| 11
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When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
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| 12
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The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin.
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| 13
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He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.
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