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21:1  The lev melech is in the yad Hashem, as the channels of mayim; He directeth it wherever He will.
21:2  Every derech ish is yashar (right) in his own eynayim, but Hashem weigheth the hearts.
21:3  To do tzedakah and mishpat is more acceptable to Hashem than zevach.
21:4  A high and haughty eye, and a proud lev—ner resha’im (the lamp of the wicked ones)—are chattat (sin).
21:5  The plans of the kharutz (diligent) lead surely to profit; but of every one that is hasty surely to machsor (poverty, want).
21:6  The getting of otzarot by a lashon sheker is hevel (vain, empty, meaningless) and fleeting for them that seek mavet.
21:7  The violence of the resha’im shall drag them away; because they refuse to do mishpat (justice).
21:8  The derech of the guilty ish is hafachpach (crooked, tortuous), but as for the pure, his conduct is yashar (right).
21:9  It is better to dwell in a corner of the gag (roof), than with a quarrelsome isha in a shared bais.
21:10  The nefesh of the rashah desireth rah; his re’a findeth no mercy in his eynayim.
21:11  When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise, and when insight is disclosed to the chacham, he receiveth da’as.
21:12  The tzaddik (righteous one) wisely considereth the bais of the rashah, and hurleth the resha’im to rah.
21:13  He who stoppeth his ozen at the cry of the dal (poor), he also shall cry out himself, but shall not be heard.
21:14  A mattan (gift) in secret pacifieth af (anger), and a shochad (bribe) in the kheyk (bosom, i.e., a concealed bribe) strong wrath.
21:15  It is simchah to the tzaddik to do mishpat, but terror for the po’alei aven (workers of iniquity).
21:16  The adam that wandereth astray from the derech haseichel (road of understanding) shall rest in the kahal of the refa’im (congregation of the dead).
21:17  The ohev simchah (lover of pleasure) shall be an ish machsor (man of poverty, want, shortage); he that loveth yayin and shemen shall not be rich.
21:18  The reshah shall be a kofer (ransom) for the tzaddik, and the boged (the unfaithful) for the yesharim.
21:19  It is better to dwell in eretz midbar, than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha.
21:20  There is otzar to be desired and shemen in the naveh (dwelling) of the chacham; but a kesil adam squanders it.
21:21  He that pursueth tzedakah and chesed findeth chayyim, tzedakah, and kavod.
21:22  A chacham scaleth the city of the gibborim (mighty ones), and casteth down the trusted stronghold thereof.
21:23  He who is shomer over his peh (mouth) and his lashon (tongue) is shomer over his nefesh from tzoros.
21:24  Proud and haughty scoffer is shmo, who acteth in superfluity of zadon (pride).
21:25  The ta’avah (desire, craving) of the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) killeth him, for his yadayim refuse to work.
21:26  He craveth greedily kol hayom, but the tzaddik giveth and spareth not.
21:27  The zevach of the resha’im is to’evah (detestable, abomination); how much more, when he bringeth it with zimmah (evil intent).
21:28  An ed kezavim (lying witness) shall perish, but the ish that heareth [emes] speaketh lanetzach (unto eternity).
21:29  An ish rasha defiantly hardeneth his face, but as for the yashar (upright) he maketh his derech (road) sure.
21:30  There is no chochmah nor tevunah (understanding) nor etzah against Hashem.
21:31  The sus is prepared against the yom milchamah, but teshuah (victory, deliverance) is from Hashem.