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21:1  Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God; he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.
21:2  We justify our actions by appearances; God examines our motives.
21:3  Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to God than religious performance.
21:4  Arrogance and pride—distinguishing marks in the wicked— are just plain sin.
21:5  Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.
21:6  Make it to the top by lying and cheating; get paid with smoke and a promotion—to death!
21:7  The wicked get buried alive by their loot because they refuse to use it to help others.
21:8  Mixed motives twist life into tangles; pure motives take you straight down the road.
21:9  Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
21:10  Wicked souls love to make trouble; they feel nothing for friends and neighbors.
21:11  Simpletons only learn the hard way, but the wise learn by listening.
21:12  A God-loyal person will see right through the wicked and undo the evil they’ve planned.
21:13  If you stop your ears to the cries of the poor, your cries will go unheard, unanswered.
21:14  A quietly given gift soothes an irritable person; a heartfelt present cools a hot temper.
21:15  Good people celebrate when justice triumphs, but for the workers of evil it’s a bad day.
21:16  Whoever wanders off the straight and narrow ends up in a congregation of ghosts.
21:17  You’re addicted to thrills? What an empty life! The pursuit of pleasure is never satisfied.
21:18  What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs; the plotter gets it in the end.
21:19  Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.
21:20  Valuables are safe in a wise person’s home; fools put it all out for yard sales.
21:21  Whoever goes hunting for what is right and kind finds life itself—glorious life!
21:22  One sage entered a whole city of armed soldiers— their trusted defenses fell to pieces!
21:23  Watch your words and hold your tongue; you’ll save yourself a lot of grief.
21:24  You know their names—Brash, Impudent, Blasphemer— intemperate hotheads, every one.
21:25  Lazy people finally die of hunger because they won’t get up and go to work.
21:26  Sinners are always wanting what they don’t have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
21:27  Religious performance by the wicked stinks; it’s even worse when they use it to get ahead.
21:28  A lying witness is unconvincing; a person who speaks truth is respected.
21:29  Unscrupulous people fake it a lot; honest people are sure of their steps.
21:30  Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived, can get the better of God.
21:31  Do your best, prepare for the worst— then trust God to bring victory.