Proverbs 21:5-11 Modern English Version (MEV)

5. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty,but of everyone who is hasty only to want.

6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongueis a vanity tossed back and forth by those who seek death.

7. The violence of the wicked will destroy them,because they refuse to do justice.

8. The way of a guilty man is perverse;but as for the pure, his work is right.

9. It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetopthan with a brawling woman in a wide house.

10. The soul of the wicked desires evil;his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

11. When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise;and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

Proverbs 21