21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.
² Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.
³ To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
⁵ The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

¹⁰ The soul of the wicked desires evil;
    his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
¹¹ When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
    when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
¹² The righteous observes the house of the wicked;
    the wicked are cast down to ruin.
¹³ He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself cry out and not be heard.