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21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.
All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)
To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(B)
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
    the lamp of the wicked—are sin.(C)

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24 The proud, haughty person, named Scoffer,
    acts with arrogant pride.(A)
25 The craving of the lazy person is fatal,
    for lazy hands refuse to labor.(B)
26 All day long the wicked covet,[a]
    but the righteous give and do not hold back.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 21.26 Gk: Heb all day long one covets covetously