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  21:1 ¶
As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out. |
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21:1 ¶
The king'sº
heartº
[is] in the handº
of Yahweh,º
[as] the riversº
of water:º
he turnethºº
it whithersoeverººº
he will.ºº |
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21:2
Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts. |
21:2
Everyº
wayº
of a manº
[is] rightº
in his own eyes:º
but Yahwehº
ponderethºº
the hearts.º |
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21:3
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices. |
21:3
To doºº
justiceº
and judgmentº
[is] more acceptableºº
to Yahwehº
than sacrifice.ºº |
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21:4
A high-minded man is stout-hearted in [his] pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin. |
21:4
An highº
look,º
and a proudº
heart,º
[and] the plowingº
of the wicked,º
[is] sin.º |
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21:5
[Absent from Manuscript] |
21:5
The thoughtsº
of the diligentº
[tend] onlyº
to plenteousness;º
but of every oneº
[that is] hastyºº
onlyº
to want.º |
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21:6
He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity [on] to the snares of death. |
21:6
The gettingº
of treasuresº
by a lyingº
tongueº
[is] a vanityº
tossed to and froº
ofºº
them that seekºº
death.º |
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21:7
Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly. |
21:7
The robberyº
of the wickedº
shall destroyºº
them; becauseº
they refuseºº
to doºº
judgment.º |
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21:8
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right. |
21:8
The wayº
of manº
[is] frowardº
and strange:º
but [as for] the pure,º
his workº
[is] right.º |
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21:9
[It is] better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered [rooms] with unrighteousness, and in an open house. |
21:9
[It is] betterº
to dwellºº
inº
a cornerº
of the housetop,º
than with a brawlingººº
womanºº
in a wideº
house.º |
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21:10
The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man. |
21:10
The soulº
of the wickedº
desirethºº
evil:º
his neighbourº
findeth noº
favourºº
in his eyes.º |
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21:11
When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge. |
21:11
When the scornerºº
is punished,ºº
the simpleº
is made wise:ºº
and when the wiseº
is instructed,ºº
he receivethºº
knowledge.º |
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21:12
A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness. |
21:12
The righteousº
[man] wisely considerethºº
the houseº
of the wicked:º
[but Elohim] overthrowethºº
the wickedº
for [their] wickedness.º |
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21:13
He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear [him]. |
21:13
Whoso stoppethºº
his earsº
at the cryºº
of the poor,º
he alsoº
shall cryºº
himself,º
but shall notº
be heard.ºº |
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21:14
A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath. |
21:14
A giftº
in secretº
pacifiethºº
anger:º
and a rewardº
in the bosomº
strongº
wrath.º |
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21:15
[It is] the joy of the righteous to do judgement: but a holy [man] is abominable with evil-doers. |
21:15
[It is] joyº
to the justº
to doºº
judgment:º
but destructionº
[shall be] to the workersºº
of iniquity.º |
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21:16
A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants. |
21:16
The manº
that wanderethºº
out of the wayºº
of understandingºº
shall remainºº
in the congregationº
of the dead.º |
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21:17
A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance; |
21:17
He that lovethºº
pleasureº
[shall be] a poorº
man:º
he that lovethºº
wineº
and oilº
shall notº
be rich.ºº |
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21:18
and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. |
21:18
The wickedº
[shall be] a ransomº
for the righteous,º
and the transgressorºº
forº
the upright.º |
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21:19
[It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman. |
21:19
[It is] betterº
to dwellºº
in the wilderness,ºº
than with a contentiousººº
and an angryº
woman.ºº |
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21:20
A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up. |
21:20
[There is] treasureº
to be desiredºº
and oilº
in the dwellingº
of the wise;º
but a foolishº
manº
spendeth it up.ºº |
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21:21
The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory. |
21:21
He that followethºº
after righteousnessº
and mercyº
findethºº
life,º
righteousness,º
and honour.º |
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21:22
A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted. |
21:22
A wiseº
[man] scalethºº
the cityº
of the mighty,º
and casteth downºº
the strengthº
of the confidenceº
thereof. |
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21:23
He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble. |
21:23
Whoso keepethºº
his mouthº
and his tongueº
keepethºº
his soulº
from troubles.ºº |
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21:24
A bold and self-willed and insolent [man] is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor. |
21:24
Proudº
[and] haughtyº
scornerºº
[is] his name,º
who dealethºº
in proudº
wrath.º |
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21:25
Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything. |
21:25
The desireº
of the slothfulº
killethºº
him; forº
his handsº
refuseºº
to labour.ºº |
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21:26
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate. |
21:26
He covetethºº
greedilyº
allº
the dayº
long: but the righteousº
givethºº
and sparethºº
not.º |
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21:27
The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly. |
21:27
The sacrificeº
of the wickedº
[is] abomination:º
how much more,ºº
[when] he bringethºº
it with a wicked mind?º |
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21:28
A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously. |
21:28
A falseº
witnessº
shall perish:ºº
but the manº
that hearethºº
speakethºº
constantly.º |
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21:29
An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways. |
21:29
A wickedº
manº
hardenethºº
his face:º
but [as for] the upright,º
heº
directethººººº
his way.º |
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21:30
There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly. |
21:30
[There is] noº
wisdomº
norº
understandingº
norº
counselº
againstº
Yahweh.º |
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21:31
A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord. |
21:31
The horseº
[is] preparedºº
against the dayº
of battle:º
but safetyº
[is] of Yahweh.º |
