Proverbs
Chapters 21:4-10
New English Translation
4Haughty eyes and a proud heart – the agricultural product of the wicked is sin.
5The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty,but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
7The violence done by the wicked will drag them awaybecause they refuse to do what is right.
8The way of the guilty person is devious,but as for the pure, his way is upright.
9It is better to live on a corner of the housetopthan in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.
10The appetite of the wicked desires evil;his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.