Proverbs 21
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1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
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2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
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3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
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5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
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6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
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9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
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11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
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12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
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13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
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17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
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18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
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19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
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21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
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22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
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23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
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24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
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25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
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26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
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27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
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28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
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29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
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30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
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31The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
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Cross References
Proverbs 21:1
Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.Proverbs 20:24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?Ezra 6:22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had mad...Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in...Proverbs 16:1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the...
Proverbs 21:2
Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spiri...Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways o...Luke 16:15And he said unto them,Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God k...Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according t...Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed fro...
Proverbs 21:3
1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifice...Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt...Micah 6:6¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? sh...Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the...Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all...
Proverbs 21:4
Proverbs 6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...Isaiah 2:17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall b...Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, an...Romans 14:23And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for wh...
Proverbs 21:5
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent ma...Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with you...Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his ha...Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spir...
Proverbs 21:6
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.Proverbs 13:11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour sha...Proverbs 20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall...Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth rich...Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love...
Proverbs 21:7
Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and...Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the w...Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house...Ezekiel 18:18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence...Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, a...
Proverbs 21:8
Proverbs 2:15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and d...Genesis 6:12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had co...Proverbs 15:26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the...1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Proverbs 21:9
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a...Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry wo...Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman...Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as ro...
Proverbs 21:10
Micah 3:2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, an...1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, a...Isaiah 32:6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to pra...Proverbs 3:29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.Psalms 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for eve...
Proverbs 21:11
Proverbs 19:25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understan...Proverbs 18:15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh know...Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and...Acts 5:5And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear...Proverbs 18:1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with a...
Proverbs 21:12
Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright s...Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tr...Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his...Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were...2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and de...
Cross References
Proverbs 21:1
Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.Proverbs 20:24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?Ezra 6:22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had mad...Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in...Proverbs 16:1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the...
Proverbs 21:2
Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spiri...Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways o...Luke 16:15And he said unto them,Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God k...Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according t...Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed fro...
Proverbs 21:3
1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifice...Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt...Micah 6:6¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? sh...Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the...Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all...
Proverbs 21:4
Proverbs 6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...Isaiah 2:17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall b...Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, an...Romans 14:23And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for wh...
Proverbs 21:5
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent ma...Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with you...Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his ha...Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spir...
Proverbs 21:6
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.Proverbs 13:11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour sha...Proverbs 20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall...Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth rich...Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love...
Proverbs 21:7
Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and...Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the w...Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house...Ezekiel 18:18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence...Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, a...
Proverbs 21:8
Proverbs 2:15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and d...Genesis 6:12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had co...Proverbs 15:26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the...1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Proverbs 21:9
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a...Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry wo...Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman...Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as ro...
Proverbs 21:10
Micah 3:2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, an...1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, a...Isaiah 32:6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to pra...Proverbs 3:29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.Psalms 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for eve...
Proverbs 21:11
Proverbs 19:25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understan...Proverbs 18:15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh know...Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and...Acts 5:5And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear...Proverbs 18:1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with a...
Proverbs 21:12
Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright s...Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tr...Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his...Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were...2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and de...