Welcome to the Daily Audio Proverb.

Today is the 21st, and so true to tradition,

we'll read the 21st chapter of the book of Proverbs today,

the ultimate book of wisdom,

from the complete Jewish Bible.

The king's heart, in Adonai's hand, is like streams of water.

He directs it wherever he pleases.

All a person's ways are right in his own view, but Adonai weighs the heart.

To do what is right and just is more pleasing to Adonai than sacrifice.

Hottie looks, a proud heart, what the wicked plow is sin.

The plans of the diligent lead only to abundance,

but all who rush in arrive only at want.

A fortune gained by a lying tongue is vapor dispersed by seekers of death.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

A criminal's conduct is crooked, but the work of the pure is right.

It is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share the house with a nagging wife. The wicked is set on evil. He doesn't pity even his neighbor.

When a scorner is punished, the simple become wiser, and when the wise is instructed he takes hold of knowledge.

The righteous one observes the house of the wicked. He overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

Whoever stops up his ears at the cry of the poor will himself cry, but not be answered.

A secret gift allays anger, and a bribe under the cloak, the strongest fury.

Acting justly is a joy for the righteous, but it terrifies evil-doers.

The person who strays from the way of common sense

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