1. The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;he turns it wherever he will.
2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,but the Lord weighs the heart.
3. To do righteousness and justiceis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
4. Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
5. The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongueis a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
7. The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,because they refuse to do what is just.
8. The way of the guilty is crooked,but the conduct of the pure is upright.
9. It is better to live in a corner of the housetopthan in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
10. The soul of the wicked desires evil;his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
11. When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.