Tuesday, September 22, 2026

¹The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

³To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

⁴A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

⁵The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

⁶Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

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

¹¹When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

¹²The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

¹³Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

¹Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD's law.

²⁷Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

³⁰I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.

³⁴Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

³⁵Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

⁴⁴So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.

¹⁹His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.

²⁰Some people told him, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."

²¹But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it."