Darby Translation 1890

Proverbs 21:1-10 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

1. The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

3. To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

4. Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.

6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

7. The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

8. Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

9. It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.

10. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.