1 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;

he turns it wherever he will.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,

but the Lord weighs the heart.

3 To do righteousness and justice

is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart,

the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,

but every one who is hasty comes only to want.

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.