# Proverbs 21

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/21

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. The king's heart is like streams of water in Yahweh's hand; he directs it wherever he desires.
2. Every man considers his way right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
3. Doing righteousness and justice pleases Yahweh more than sacrifice.
4. Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the plowing of the wicked—is sin.
5. Diligent plans lead only to profit, and all haste only to poverty.
6. Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those seeking death.
7. The violence of the wicked sweeps them away, because they refuse to do justice.
8. A perverse man's way is strange, but a pure man's work is upright.
9. Better to live in a corner of the roof than share a house with a contentious wife.
10. The soul of the wicked craves evil; his neighbor finds no pity in his eyes.
11. When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
12. The righteous discerns the house of the wicked, overthrowing the wicked to ruin.
13. Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call, but will not be answered.
14. A gift in secret appeases anger, and a bribe in the bosom quells fierce wrath.
15. Doing justice is joy to the righteous, but destruction to the workers of evil.
16. A man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
17. Whoever loves pleasure will lack; whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous for the upright.
19. Better to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious, quarrelsome, and angry woman.
20. Desirable treasure and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man devours it.
21. Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
22. A wise man ascends the city of the mighty and topples the might of its confidence.
23. Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his life from distresses.
24. Presumptuous arrogant mocker is his name; he acts in the rage of pride.
25. The sluggard's desire kills him, for his hands refuse to work.
26. All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
27. The sacrifice of the ungodly is an abomination—how much more when he brings it with wicked intent.
28. A false witness perishes, but a man who listens speaks perpetually.
29. A wicked man steels his face, but the upright directs his paths and discerns his way.
30. No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel against Yahweh.
31. A horse is made ready for the day of battle, but deliverance belongs to Yahweh.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 20](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/20.md)
[Proverbs 22](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/22.md)

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