God's Word Translation

Proverbs 21:2-13 God's Word Translation (GW)

2. A person thinks everything he does is right,but the Lord weighs hearts.

3. Doing what is right and fairis more acceptable to the Lord than offering a sacrifice.

4. A conceited look and an arrogant attitude,which are the lamps of wicked people, are sins.

5. The plans of a hard-working person lead to prosperity,but everyone who is ⌊always⌋ in a hurry ends up in poverty.

6. Those who gather wealth by lying are wasting time.They are looking for death.

7. The violence of wicked people will drag them awaysince they refuse to do what is just.

8. The way of a guilty person is crooked,but the behavior of those who are pure is moral.

9. Better to live on a corner of a roofthan to share a home with a quarreling woman.

10. The mind of a wicked person desires eviland has no consideration for his neighbor.

11. When a mocker is punished, a gullible person becomes wise,and when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

12. A righteous person wisely considers the house of a wicked person.He throws wicked people into disasters.

13. Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will call and not be answered.