Proverbs 20:29-21:3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁹ The glory of youths is their strength,
    but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.
³⁰ Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
    beatings make clean the innermost parts.
21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.
² All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.
³ To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.