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Proverbs 21 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/20.htm" title="Proverbs 20">◄</a> Proverbs 21 <a href="../proverbs/22.htm" title="Proverbs 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"><div class="poetry"> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he turns it wherever he will.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> weighs the heart.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>To do righteousness and justice</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">is more acceptable to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> than sacrifice.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Haughty eyes and a proud heart—</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the lamp of the wicked—are sin.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>The getting of treasures by a lying tongue</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">is a fleeting vapor and a snare<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19061a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> of death.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because they refuse to do what is just.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>The way of the guilty is crooked,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the conduct of the pure is right.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>It is better to live in a corner of the housetop</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">than in a house shared with a contentious wife.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>The souls of the wicked desire evil;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">their neighbors find no mercy in their eyes.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he casts the wicked down to ruin.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>If you close your ear to the cry of the poor,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">you will cry out and not be heard.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>A gift in secret averts anger;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and a concealed bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but dismay to evildoers.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Whoever wanders from the way of understanding</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">will rest in the assembly of the dead.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the faithless for the upright.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>It is better to live in a desert land</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">than with a contentious and fretful wife.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Precious treasure remains<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19075b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> in the house of the wise,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the fool devours it.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">will find life<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19076c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> and honor.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>One wise person went up against a city of warriors</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>To watch over mouth and tongue</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">is to keep out of trouble.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>The proud, haughty person, named “Scoffer,”</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">acts with arrogant pride.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>The craving of the lazy person is fatal,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for lazy hands refuse to labor.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>All day long the wicked covet,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19081d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the righteous give and do not hold back.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">how much more when brought with evil intent.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>A false witness will perish,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but a good listener will testify successfully.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>The wicked put on a bold face,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the upright give thought to<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19084e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> their ways.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">can avail against the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>The horse is made ready for the day of battle,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the victory belongs to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></span></p> </div><A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 21:6">Proverbs 21:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>seekers</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 21:20">Proverbs 21:20</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>and oil</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 21:21">Proverbs 21:21</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>life and righteousness</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 21:26">Proverbs 21:26</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>all day long one covets covetously</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 21:29">Proverbs 21:29</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Another reading is <i>establish</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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