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Proverbs 21:2 (NIV)
A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.
Proverbs 21:4 (NIV)
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
Proverbs 21:5 (NIV)
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Proverbs 21:6 (NIV)
A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
Proverbs 21:7 (NIV)
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.
Proverbs 21:8 (NIV)
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Proverbs 21:9 (NIV)
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:10 (NIV)
The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.
Proverbs 21:11 (NIV)
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.
Proverbs 21:12 (NIV)
The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
Proverbs 21:13 (NIV)
Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
Proverbs 21:14 (NIV)
A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
Proverbs 21:15 (NIV)
When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Proverbs 21:16 (NIV)
Whoever strays from the path of prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead.
Proverbs 23:7 (NIV)
for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Proverbs 23:8 (NIV)
You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
Proverbs 23:9 (NIV)
Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
Proverbs 23:10 (NIV)
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 23:11 (NIV)
for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
Proverbs 23:12 (NIV)
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13 (NIV)
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Proverbs 23:14 (NIV)
Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
Proverbs 23:15 (NIV)
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
Proverbs 23:16 (NIV)
my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 23:17 (NIV)
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord .