Proverbs 21 — TOJB

21Verse 1The lev melech is in the yad Hashem, as the channels of mayim;
He directeth it wherever He will.
^{Verse 2}Every derech ish is yashar (right) in his own eynayim,
but Hashem weigheth the hearts.
^{Verse 3}To do tzedakah and mishpat
is more acceptable to Hashem than zevach.
^{Verse 4}A high and haughty eye,
and a proud levner resha'im (the lamp of the wicked ones) — are chattat (sin).
^{Verse 5}The plans of the kharutz (diligent) lead surely to profit;
but of every one that is hasty surely to machsor (poverty, want).
^{Verse 6}The getting of otzarot by a lashon sheker
is hevel (vain, empty, meaningless) and fleeting
for them that seek mavet.
^{Verse 7}The violence of the resha'im shall drag them away;
because they refuse to do mishpat (justice).
^{Verse 8}The derech of the guilty ish is hafachpach (crooked, tortuous),
but as for the pure, his conduct is yashar (right).
^{Verse 9}It is better to dwell in a corner of the gag (roof),
than with a quarrelsome isha in a shared bais.
^{Verse 10}The nefesh of the rashah desireth rah;
his re'a findeth no mercy in his eynayim.
^{Verse 11}When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise,
and when insight is disclosed to the chacham, he receiveth da'as.
^{Verse 12}The tzaddik (righteous one) wisely considereth the bais of the rashah,
and hurleth the resha'im to rah.
^{Verse 13}He who stoppeth his ozen at the cry of the dal (poor),
he also shall cry out himself, but shall not be heard.
^{Verse 14}A mattan (gift) in secret pacifieth af (anger),
and a shochad (bribe) in the kheyk (bosom),⁺strong wrath.
^{Verse 15}It is simchah to the tzaddik to do mishpat,
but terror for the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity).
^{Verse 16}The adam that wandereth astray from the derech haseichel (road of understanding)
shall rest in the kahal of the refa'im (congregation of the dead).
^{Verse 17}The ohev simchah (lover of pleasure) shall be an ish machsor (man of poverty, want, shortage);
he that loveth yayin and shemen shall not be rich.
^{Verse 18}The reshah shall be a kofer (ransom) for the tzaddik,
and the boged (the unfaithful) for the yesharim.
^{Verse 19}It is better to dwell in eretz midbar,
than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha.
^{Verse 20}There is otzar to be desired and shemen in the naveh (dwelling) of the chacham;
but a kesil adam squanders it.
^{Verse 21}He that pursueth tzedakah and chesed
findeth chayyim, tzedakah, and kavod.
^{Verse 22}A chacham scaleth the city of the gibborim (mighty ones),
and casteth down the trusted stronghold thereof.
^{Verse 23}He who is shomer over his peh (mouth) and his lashon (tongue)
is shomer over his nefesh from tzoros.
^{Verse 24}Proud and haughty scoffer is shmo,
who acteth in superfluity of zadon (pride).
^{Verse 25}The ta'avah (desire, craving) of the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) killeth him,
for his yadayim refuse to work.
^{Verse 26}He craveth greedily kol hayom,
but the tzaddik giveth and spareth not.
^{Verse 27}The zevach of the resha'im is to'evah (detestable, abomination);
how much more, when he bringeth it with zimmah (evil intent).
^{Verse 28}An ed kezavim (lying witness) shall perish,
but the ish that heareth [emes] speaketh lanetzach (unto eternity).
^{Verse 29}An ish rasha defiantly hardeneth his face,
but as for the yashar (upright) he maketh his derech (road) sure.
^{Verse 30}There is no chochmah nor tevunah (understanding)
nor etzah against Hashem.
^{Verse 31}The sus is prepared against the yom milchamah,
but teshuah (victory, deliverance) is from Hashem.