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Proverbs 21:1

Verse 1 of 31. The 21st of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.

1The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.