Welcome to the Daily Audio Proverbs.

Today is the 21st of the month.

I'm Brian Hardin.

It's great to be here with you today in the ultimate book of wisdom.

We'll read the 21st chapter of Proverbs today from the English Standard Version.

The King's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord.

He turns it wherever he will.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. To do, righteousness and justice

is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Haughty eyes and a proud heart. The lamp of the

wicked are sin. The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is

hasty comes only to poverty. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor

and a snare of death. The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

The soul of the wicked desires evil. His neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise.

When a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

The righteous one observes the house of the wicked.

He throws the wicked down to ruin.

Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.

A gift in secret averts anger and a concealed bribe strong wrath.

When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but terror to evil doers.

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