Proverbs 21 opens with one of Scripture’s sharpest sovereignty claims - the king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like irrigation channels - and closes with a verse that has carried soldiers, planners, and ordinary believers for three thousand years: “The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is with the LO
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Lyrics
The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses He turns it wherever he desires
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes But the LORD weighs the hearts To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD Than sacrifice
A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapour
For those who seek death The violence of the wicked will drive them away Because they refuse to do what is right
The way of the guilty is devious But the conduct of the innocent is upright It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop Than to share a house with a contentious woman
The soul of the wicked desires evil His neighbour finds no mercy in his eyes When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked And brings the wicked to ruin Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor He will also cry out, but shall not be heard
He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life Righteousness, and honour A wise man scales the city of the mighty And brings down the strength of its confidence
Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles The proud and arrogant man is called scoffer He works in the arrogance of pride The desire of the sluggard kills him
For his hands refuse to labour The horse is prepared for the day of battle But victory is with the LORD
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Proverbs 21 sung by Psalm Selah. The whole Bible, one chapter at a time.