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1 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he 1turns it wherever he will.
2 2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD 3weighs the heart.
3 4To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 5Haughty eyes and a proud heart, 6the lampa of the wicked, are sin.
5 The plans of 7the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is 8hasty comes 9only to poverty.
6 10The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a 11fleeting 12vapor and a 13snare of death.b
7 The violence of the wicked will 14sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of the guilty 15is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
9 It is 16better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
11 When 17a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
12 The Righteous One 18observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
13 19Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
14 20A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe,c strong wrath.
15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous 21but terror to evildoers.
16 One who wanders from the way of good sense 22will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Provérbios 21:1 Como corrente de águas é o coração do rei na mão do Senhor; ele o inclina para onde quer.

King James Version KJV

Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

New King James Version NKJV

Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.

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Provérbios 21:1 O coração do rei é como um rio controlado pelo SENHOR;ele o dirige para onde quer.

Proverbs 21:1-16 ESV
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