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Proverbs 21 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:1 - As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:2 - Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:3 - To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:4 - A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:8 - To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - It is better to dwell in a corner [fn]on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:10 - The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:12 - A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:13 - He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 - It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of [fn]giants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 - and a transgressor is the [fn]abomination of a righteous man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 - He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:24 - A bold and self-willed and insolent man is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 - An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 - A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:29 - An ungodly man [fn]impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30 - There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31 - A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord.
BES Footnotes
Gr. in the open air.
Heb. Rephaim. see Appendix. Note on 2 Kings 5:18.
Gr. `off-scouring;' perhaps `ransom,' q. d. that which cleans.
Or, unlawfully.
See Alex. ungodly.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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