Proverbs 21:1-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A)
3 To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(B)
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
the lamp of the wicked—are sin.(C)
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.(D)
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and a snare[a] of death.(E)
Notas al pie
- 21.6 Gk: Heb seekers
Proverbs 21:13-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 If you close your ear to the cry of the poor,
you will cry out and not be heard.(A)
14 A gift in secret averts anger,
and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.(B)
15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
but dismay to evildoers.
16 Whoever wanders from the way of understanding
will rest in the assembly of the dead.(C)
17 Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;
whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
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