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Proverbs 21 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 - The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:2 - Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:3 - To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:4 - A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:5 - The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:8 - Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10 - The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:12 - The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:13 - He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 - It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 - The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:21 - He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22 - A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 - He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:24 - The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 - All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 - A false witness will be cut off, ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:29 - The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30 - Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31 - The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Proverbs Chapter 21 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras