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21:1  The king’s heart in Adonai’s hand is like streams of water — he directs it wherever he pleases.
21:2  All a person’s ways are right in his own view, but Adonai weighs the heart.
21:3  To do what is right and just is more pleasing to Adonai than sacrifice.
21:4  Haughty looks, a proud heart — what the wicked plow is sin.
21:5  The plans of the diligent lead only to abundance; but all who rush in arrive only at want.
21:6  A fortune gained by a lying tongue is vapor dispersed [by] seekers of death.
21:7  The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to act justly.
21:8  A criminal’s conduct is crooked, but the work of the pure is right.
21:9  It is better to live on a corner of the roof than to share the house with a nagging wife.
21:10  The wicked is set on evil; he doesn’t pity even his neighbor.
21:11  When a scorner is punished, the simple become wiser; and when the wise is instructed, he takes hold of knowledge.
21:12  The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
21:13  Whoever stops up his ears at the cry of the poor will himself cry, but not be answered.
21:14  A secret gift allays anger, and a bribe under the cloak the strongest fury.
21:15  Acting justly is a joy for the righteous but it terrifies evildoers.
21:16  The person who strays from the way of common sense will come to rest in the company of the dead.
21:17  Pleasure-lovers will suffer want; he who loves wine and oil won’t get rich.
21:18  The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and likewise the perfidious for the upright.
21:19  It is better to live in the desert than with a nagging, irritable wife.
21:20  In the home of the wise are fine treasures and oil, but a fool quickly devours it.
21:21  He who pursues righteousness and kindness finds life, prosperity and honor.
21:22  A wise man can go up into a city of warriors and undermine the strength in which it trusts.
21:23  Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
21:24  “Scoffer” is what you call a proud, insolent person who acts with overweening conceit.
21:25  A lazy man’s craving will kill him, because his hands refuse to work —
21:26  he covets greedily all day long; but a righteous person gives without holding back.
21:27  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with vile motives.
21:28  A lying witness is doomed, but one who heard [what was said] will testify successfully.
21:29  A wicked man puts on a bold face, whereas the upright prepares his ways.
21:30  No wisdom, discernment or counsel succeeds against Adonai.
21:31  A horse may be prepared for the day of battle, but victory comes from Adonai.