Proverbs 21:7-16 God's Word Translation (GW)

7. The violence of wicked people will drag them awaysince they refuse to do what is just.

8. The way of a guilty person is crooked,but the behavior of those who are pure is moral.

9. Better to live on a corner of a roofthan to share a home with a quarreling woman.

10. The mind of a wicked person desires eviland has no consideration for his neighbor.

11. When a mocker is punished, a gullible person becomes wise,and when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

12. A righteous person wisely considers the house of a wicked person.He throws wicked people into disasters.

13. Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will call and not be answered.

14. A gift ⌊given⌋ in secret calms anger,and a secret bribe calms great fury.

15. When justice is done, a righteous person is delighted,but troublemakers are terrified.

16. A person who wanders from the way of wise behaviorwill rest in the assembly of the dead.

Proverbs 21