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Proverbs 21:2-16 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

2. Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

3. To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

4. Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.

5. The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

6. He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

7. The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.

8. The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.

9. It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house.

10. The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on his neighbour.

11. When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.

12. The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.

13. He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself and shall not be heard.

14. A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath.

15. It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.

16. A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.

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