Proverbs 21 (NET)

Proverbs 21:1¹The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:9Ezra 6:22Prov 20:24Acts 7:10Prov 16:1Ezra 7:27-28Dan 4:35Ps 106:46Isa 43:19Neh 2:4

Proverbs 21:2²All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates his thoughts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:2Prov 16:25Luke 16:15Jer 17:101 Sam 16:7Prov 30:12Prov 24:12Jas 1:22Ps 36:2Gal 6:3

Proverbs 21:3³To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:22Hos 6:6Mic 6:6-8Prov 15:8Mark 12:33Isa 1:11-17Jer 7:21-23Ps 50:8

Proverbs 21:4⁴Haughty eyes and a proud heart— what the wicked cultivate is sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:5Prov 6:17Isa 2:17Luke 18:14Prov 8:13Prov 15:8Prov 21:27Isa 3:16Ps 10:4Rom 14:23

Proverbs 21:5⁵The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:4Prov 13:41 Thess 4:11-12Eph 4:28Prov 27:23-27Prov 14:29Prov 28:22Prov 20:21

Proverbs 21:6⁶Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 13:11Prov 10:2Jer 17:11Prov 20:21Prov 8:361 Tim 6:9-102 Pet 2:3Prov 20:14Prov 22:8Prov 30:8

Proverbs 21:7⁷The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:21Eph 5:6Mic 3:9-12Prov 22:22-23Ps 7:16Zech 5:3-4Ezek 18:18Ezek 22:13-14Isa 1:23-24Jer 7:15

Proverbs 21:8⁸The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 3:31 John 2:291 John 3:3Dan 12:10Prov 2:15Ps 14:2-31 Pet 1:22-23Acts 15:9Eccl 7:29Eccl 9:3

Proverbs 21:9⁹It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:13Prov 21:19Prov 25:24Prov 27:15-16Prov 12:4Prov 17:1Prov 15:17

Proverbs 21:10¹⁰The appetite of the wicked has desired evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:16Mic 3:2-3Prov 3:291 Cor 10:6Isa 32:6-8Mark 7:21-22Ps 36:41 Sam 25:8-11Jas 2:13Jas 4:1-5

Proverbs 21:11¹¹When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:25Prov 18:15Acts 5:5Prov 9:9Deut 21:21Prov 18:11 Cor 10:6-11Deut 13:11Heb 2:1-3Num 16:34

Proverbs 21:12¹²The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 14:11Ps 37:35-362 Pet 3:6-7Ps 107:431 Cor 10:52 Pet 2:4-9Amos 4:11Hos 14:9Job 5:3Job 8:15

Proverbs 21:13¹³The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:27Matt 6:14Prov 1:28Jas 2:13-16Matt 7:2Jer 34:16-17Matt 18:30-35Isa 1:15-17Isa 58:6-9Ps 18:41

Proverbs 21:14¹⁴A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:6Prov 18:161 Sam 25:35Matt 6:3-4Prov 17:8Gen 32:20Gen 43:11Prov 17:23

Proverbs 21:15¹⁵Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:29Matt 7:23Eccl 3:12Isa 64:5Job 29:12-17Matt 13:41-42Ps 40:8John 4:34Luke 13:27-28Prov 21:12

Proverbs 21:16¹⁶The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:38Ps 125:51 John 2:19Heb 10:26-27Ps 49:14Zeph 1:6Eph 2:1Heb 6:4-6John 3:19-20Jude 1:12

Proverbs 21:17¹⁷The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 23:211 Tim 5:62 Tim 3:4Prov 5:10-11Prov 21:20Luke 15:13-16Luke 16:24-25

Proverbs 21:18¹⁸The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:8Isa 43:3-4Isa 53:4-51 Pet 3:18Isa 55:8-9

Proverbs 21:19¹⁹It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily provoked woman.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:9Ps 55:6-7Ps 120:5-6Jer 9:2

Proverbs 21:20²⁰There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 25:3-4Eccl 5:19Ps 112:3Eccl 7:11Prov 15:6Luke 15:14Prov 10:22Ps 23:5Eccl 10:19Jer 41:8

Proverbs 21:21²¹The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:61 Cor 15:58Prov 22:41 Tim 6:11Heb 12:14Prov 15:92 Tim 2:22Isa 51:11 Pet 1:71 Thess 5:21

Proverbs 21:22²²A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:19Prov 24:5Eccl 9:13-182 Sam 20:16-222 Sam 5:6-9

Proverbs 21:23²³The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 13:3Prov 18:21Prov 17:27-28Jas 1:26Prov 12:13Prov 10:19Jas 3:2-13

Proverbs 21:24²⁴A proud and arrogant person, whose name is “Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 1:1Eccl 7:8-9Matt 2:16Prov 1:22Prov 18:12Prov 19:29Esth 3:5-6Isa 16:6Jer 48:29Prov 16:18

Proverbs 21:25²⁵What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 13:4Matt 25:26Prov 12:24Prov 19:24Prov 12:27Prov 15:19Prov 26:16Prov 20:4Prov 24:30-34Prov 22:13

Proverbs 21:26²⁶All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous person gives and does not hold back.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 37:26Acts 20:33-35Ps 112:9Eph 4:281 Thess 2:5-92 Cor 8:7-9Luke 6:30-36Matt 5:422 Cor 9:9-14

Proverbs 21:27²⁷The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 66:3Matt 23:13Prov 15:8Jer 6:201 Sam 15:21-23Amos 5:21-22Isa 1:11-161 Sam 13:12-13Jer 7:11-12Prov 28:9

Proverbs 21:28²⁸A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 4:13Prov 19:5Prov 19:9Deut 19:16-19Prov 25:182 Cor 1:17-20Acts 12:15Exod 23:1Prov 12:19Prov 6:19

Proverbs 21:29²⁹A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 3:11Hag 1:7Prov 11:5Ezek 18:28Hag 2:18-19Jer 44:16-17Jer 5:3Jer 8:12Prov 28:14Prov 29:1

Proverbs 21:30³⁰There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:39Prov 19:21Jer 9:23Isa 14:271 Cor 3:19-20Isa 8:9-10Acts 4:27-28Isa 46:10-11Isa 7:5-71 Pet 2:8

Proverbs 21:31³¹A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 20:7Isa 31:1Ps 33:17-18Ps 147:10Ps 3:3Ps 68:20Eccl 9:11Ps 3:8Ps 144:10Jer 3:23