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  21:1 ¶
As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out. |
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21:1 ¶
The king's°
heart°
[is] in the hand°
of Yahweh,°
[as] the rivers°
of water:°
he turneth°°
it whithersoever°°°
he will.°° |
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21:2
Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts. |
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21:2
Every°
way°
of a man°
[is] right°
in his own eyes:°
but Yahweh°
pondereth°°
the hearts.° |
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21:3
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices. |
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21:3
To do°°
justice°
and judgment°
[is] more acceptable°°
to Yahweh°
than sacrifice.°° |
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21:4
A high-minded man is stout-hearted in [his] pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin. |
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21:4
An high°
look,°
and a proud°
heart,°
[and] the plowing°
of the wicked,°
[is] sin.° |
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21:5
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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21:5
The thoughts°
of the diligent°
[tend] only°
to plenteousness;°
but of every one°
[that is] hasty°°
only°
to want.° |
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21:6
He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity [on] to the snares of death. |
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21:6
The getting°
of treasures°
by a lying°
tongue°
[is] a vanity°
tossed to and fro°
of°°
them that seek°°
death.° |
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21:7
Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly. |
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21:7
The robbery°
of the wicked°
shall destroy°°
them; because°
they refuse°°
to do°°
judgment.° |
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21:8
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right. |
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21:8
The way°
of man°
[is] froward°
and strange:°
but [as for] the pure,°
his work°
[is] right.° |
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21:9
[It is] better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered [rooms] with unrighteousness, and in an open house. |
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21:9
[It is] better°
to dwell°°
in°
a corner°
of the housetop,°
than with a brawling°°°
woman°°
in a wide°
house.° |
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21:10
The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man. |
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21:10
The soul°
of the wicked°
desireth°°
evil:°
his neighbour°
findeth no°
favour°°
in his eyes.° |
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21:11
When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge. |
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21:11
When the scorner°°
is punished,°°
the simple°
is made wise:°°
and when the wise°
is instructed,°°
he receiveth°°
knowledge.° |
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21:12
A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness. |
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21:12
The righteous°
[man] wisely considereth°°
the house°
of the wicked:°
[but Elohim] overthroweth°°
the wicked°
for [their] wickedness.° |
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21:13
He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear [him]. |
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21:13
Whoso stoppeth°°
his ears°
at the cry°°
of the poor,°
he also°
shall cry°°
himself,°
but shall not°
be heard.°° |
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21:14
A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath. |
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21:14
A gift°
in secret°
pacifieth°°
anger:°
and a reward°
in the bosom°
strong°
wrath.° |
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21:15
[It is] the joy of the righteous to do judgement: but a holy [man] is abominable with evil-doers. |
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21:15
[It is] joy°
to the just°
to do°°
judgment:°
but destruction°
[shall be] to the workers°°
of iniquity.° |
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21:16
A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants. |
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21:16
The man°
that wandereth°°
out of the way°°
of understanding°°
shall remain°°
in the congregation°
of the dead.° |
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21:17
A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance; |
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21:17
He that loveth°°
pleasure°
[shall be] a poor°
man:°
he that loveth°°
wine°
and oil°
shall not°
be rich.°° |
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21:18
and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. |
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21:18
The wicked°
[shall be] a ransom°
for the righteous,°
and the transgressor°°
for°
the upright.° |
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21:19
[It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman. |
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21:19
[It is] better°
to dwell°°
in the wilderness,°°
than with a contentious°°°
and an angry°
woman.°° |
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21:20
A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up. |
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21:20
[There is] treasure°
to be desired°°
and oil°
in the dwelling°
of the wise;°
but a foolish°
man°
spendeth it up.°° |
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21:21
The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory. |
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21:21
He that followeth°°
after righteousness°
and mercy°
findeth°°
life,°
righteousness,°
and honour.° |
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21:22
A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted. |
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21:22
A wise°
[man] scaleth°°
the city°
of the mighty,°
and casteth down°°
the strength°
of the confidence°
thereof. |
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21:23
He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble. |
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21:23
Whoso keepeth°°
his mouth°
and his tongue°
keepeth°°
his soul°
from troubles.°° |
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21:24
A bold and self-willed and insolent [man] is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor. |
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21:24
Proud°
[and] haughty°
scorner°°
[is] his name,°
who dealeth°°
in proud°
wrath.° |
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21:25
Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything. |
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21:25
The desire°
of the slothful°
killeth°°
him; for°
his hands°
refuse°°
to labour.°° |
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21:26
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate. |
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21:26
He coveteth°°
greedily°
all°
the day°
long: but the righteous°
giveth°°
and spareth°°
not.° |
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21:27
The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly. |
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21:27
The sacrifice°
of the wicked°
[is] abomination:°
how much more,°°
[when] he bringeth°°
it with a wicked mind?° |
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21:28
A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously. |
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21:28
A false°
witness°
shall perish:°°
but the man°
that heareth°°
speaketh°°
constantly.° |
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21:29
An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways. |
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21:29
A wicked°
man°
hardeneth°°
his face:°
but [as for] the upright,°
he°
directeth°°°°°
his way.° |
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21:30
There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly. |
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21:30
[There is] no°
wisdom°
nor°
understanding°
nor°
counsel°
against°
Yahweh.° |
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21:31
A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord. |
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21:31
The horse°
[is] prepared°°
against the day°
of battle:°
but safety°
[is] of Yahweh.° |
