Proverbs 16
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1#Pr 19:21; 16:9 The preparations of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2#1Sa 16:7; Pr 21:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirit.
3#Ps 55:22; 1Pe 5:7 Commit your works to the Lord,
and your thoughts will be established.
4#Ro 9:22; Job 21:30 The Lord has made all things for Himself,
yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5#Pr 11:21; 6:16–17 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, he will not be unpunished.
6#Pr 14:16; Da 4:27 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged;
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
7#Ge 33:4 When a man’s ways please the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8#Ps 37:16; Pr 15:16 Better is a little with righteousness
than great revenues with injustice.
9#Jer 10:23; Ps 37:23 A man’s heart devises his way,
but the Lord directs his steps.
10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king;
his mouth does not transgress in judgment.
11#Pr 11:1 A just weight and balance belong to the Lord;
all the weights of the bag are His work.
12#Pr 25:5; 29:14 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness,
for the throne is established by righteousness.
13#Pr 14:35; 22:11 Righteous lips are the delight of kings,
and they love him who speaks right.
14#Pr 19:12; 20:2 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death,
but a wise man will pacify it.
15#Job 29:23–24; Ps 72:6 In the light of the king’s countenance is life,
and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16#Pr 8:19; 8:10–11 How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver!
17#Isa 35:8 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
he who keeps his way preserves his soul.
18#Pr 11:2; 18:12; Ob 1:3–4 Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19#Ex 15:9; Isa 57:15 Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly
than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20#Ps 2:12; Pr 19:8 He who handles a matter wisely will find good,
and whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he.
21The wise in heart will be called prudent,
and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
22#Pr 10:11; 13:14 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it,
but the instruction of fools is folly.
23#Pr 15:28 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth,
and adds learning to his lips.
24#Ps 19:10; Pr 4:22 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
25#Pr 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way of death.
26#Ecc 6:7 He who labors, labors for himself,
for his mouth craves it of him.
27#Jas 3:6 An ungodly man digs up evil,
and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28#Pr 15:18; 17:9 A perverse man sows strife,
and a whisperer separates the best of friends.
29A violent man entices his neighbor,
and leads him into the way that is not good.
30He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things;
moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
31#Pr 20:29 The gray-haired head is a crown of glory,
if it is found in the way of righteousness.
32#Pr 14:29; 19:11 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
33#Pr 29:26; Jnh 1:7 The lot is cast into the lap,
but the whole outcome is of the Lord.
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