Proverbs 21 — BST
21Verse 1As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.Verse 2Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.Verse 3To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.Verse 4A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.Verse 6He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.Verse 7Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.Verse 8To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.Verse 9It is better to dwell in a corner+on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.Verse 10The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.Verse 11When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.Verse 12A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.Verse 13He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him.Verse 14A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.Verse 15It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.Verse 16A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of+giants.Verse 17A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;Verse 18and a transgressor is the+abomination of a righteous man.Verse 19It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.Verse 20A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.Verse 21The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.Verse 22A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted.Verse 23He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.Verse 24A bold and self-willed and insolent man is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.Verse 25Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.Verse 26An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.Verse 27The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.+Verse 28A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.Verse 29An ungodly man+impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.Verse 30There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.Verse 31A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord.