NITHYAM SONGSProverbs 21
World English Bible (WEB) • 31 verses
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.
RelatedProverbs 16:2 · Luke 16:15 · Proverbs 16:25 · Jeremiah 17:10 · Proverbs 30:12 · 1 Samuel 16:7
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.
RelatedProverbs 13:4 · Proverbs 10:4 · Ephesians 4:28 · Proverbs 27:23-27 · 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 · Proverbs 14:29
6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
RelatedProverbs 13:11 · Proverbs 10:2 · Jeremiah 17:11 · Proverbs 20:21 · Proverbs 8:36 · 1 Timothy 6:9-10
7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
RelatedProverbs 21:21 · Proverbs 22:22-23 · Psalms 7:16 · Ephesians 5:6 · Zechariah 5:3-4 · Micah 3:9-12
8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
RelatedProverbs 21:19 · Proverbs 19:13 · Proverbs 25:24 · Proverbs 27:15-16 · Proverbs 12:4 · Proverbs 17:1
10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
11When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
RelatedProverbs 19:25 · Proverbs 18:15 · Acts 5:5 · Proverbs 9:9 · Deuteronomy 21:21 · Proverbs 18:1
12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
RelatedProverbs 1:28 · Proverbs 28:27 · Matthew 6:14 · James 2:13-16 · Jeremiah 34:16-17 · Matthew 7:2
14A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
RelatedProverbs 19:6 · Proverbs 18:16 · Proverbs 17:8 · 1 Samuel 25:35 · Matthew 6:3-4 · Proverbs 17:23
15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
RelatedProverbs 10:29 · Matthew 7:23 · Ecclesiastes 3:12 · Isaiah 64:5 · Job 29:12-17 · Matthew 13:41-42
16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
RelatedProverbs 23:21 · 1 Timothy 5:6 · 2 Timothy 3:4 · Proverbs 5:10-11 · Proverbs 21:20 · Luke 16:24-25
18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.
19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up.
RelatedMatthew 25:3-4 · Ecclesiastes 5:19 · Psalms 112:3 · Proverbs 15:6 · Ecclesiastes 7:11 · Psalms 23:5
21He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
RelatedMatthew 5:6 · 1 Corinthians 15:58 · Proverbs 22:4 · Hebrews 12:14 · 1 Timothy 6:11 · Proverbs 15:9
22A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.
RelatedEcclesiastes 7:19 · Proverbs 24:5 · Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 · 2 Samuel 5:6-9 · 2 Samuel 20:16-22
23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
RelatedProverbs 13:3 · Proverbs 18:21 · Proverbs 17:27-28 · James 1:26 · Proverbs 12:13 · Proverbs 10:19
24The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.
RelatedPsalms 1:1 · Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 · Matthew 2:16 · Proverbs 18:12 · Proverbs 19:29 · Proverbs 1:22
25The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
RelatedProverbs 13:4 · Matthew 25:26 · Proverbs 12:24 · Proverbs 19:24 · Proverbs 26:16 · Proverbs 12:27
26There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.
RelatedPsalms 37:26 · Psalms 112:9 · Acts 20:33-35 · Ephesians 4:28 · 2 Corinthians 8:7-9 · Matthew 5:42
27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
RelatedIsaiah 66:3 · Proverbs 15:8 · Matthew 23:13 · Jeremiah 6:20 · Isaiah 1:11-16 · 1 Samuel 15:21-23
28A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.
Related2 Corinthians 4:13 · Proverbs 19:5 · Proverbs 19:9 · Deuteronomy 19:16-19 · Proverbs 25:18 · Exodus 23:1
29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
RelatedHaggai 1:7 · 1 Thessalonians 3:11 · Proverbs 11:5 · Proverbs 28:14 · Jeremiah 8:12 · Haggai 2:18-19
30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
RelatedActs 5:39 · Proverbs 19:21 · Jeremiah 9:23 · Isaiah 14:27 · 1 Corinthians 3:19-20 · Isaiah 8:9-10
31The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with the LORD.
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