Proverbs 21: The LORD Directs the King's Heart

Proverbs 21 opens by picturing a ruler's decisions as channels of water steered by God, who also examines every heart. Its sayings prize justice over ritual and warn against pride, dishonest gain, laziness, indulgence, and ignoring the poor, closing with the truth that victory comes from the LORD.

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What consequence does 21:13 name for someone who ignores the pleas of the poor?

His own cry for help will go unansweredHis children will become poor in his placeHe will be driven out of the city gateHe will lose his house to his neighbors