Proverbs 16
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Wisdom’s Blessings Come from the LORD
1The plans of the heart belong to humans,
but an answer on the tongue comes from the Lord.
2A person thinks all his ways are pure,
but the Lord weighs motives.
3Entrust your efforts to the Lord,
and your plans will succeed.
4The Lord has made everything for his own purpose,
even wicked people for the day of trouble.
5Everyone with a conceited heart is disgusting to the Lord.
Certainly, ⌞such a person⌟ will not go unpunished.
6By mercy and faithfulness, peace is made with the Lord.
By the fear of the Lord, evil is avoided.
7When a person’s ways are pleasing to the Lord,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8Better a few ⌞possessions⌟ gained honestly
than many gained through injustice.
9A person may plan his own journey,
but the Lord directs his steps.
10When a divine revelation is on a king’s lips,
he cannot voice a wrong judgment.
11Honest balances and scales belong to the Lord.
He made the entire set of weights.
12Wrongdoing is disgusting to kings
because a throne is established through righteousness.
13Kings are happy with honest words,
and whoever speaks what is right is loved.
14A king’s anger announces death,
but a wise man makes peace with him.
15When the king is cheerful, there is life,
and his favor is like a cloud bringing spring rain.
16How much better it is to gain wisdom than gold,
and the gaining of understanding should be chosen over silver.
17The highway of decent people turns away from evil.
Whoever watches his way preserves his own life.
18Pride precedes a disaster,
and an arrogant attitude precedes a fall.
19Better to be humble with lowly people
than to share stolen goods with arrogant people.
20Whoever gives attention to the Lord’s word prospers,
and blessed is the person who trusts the Lord.
21The person who is truly wise is called understanding,
and speaking sweetly helps others learn.
22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it,
but stubborn fools punish themselves with their stupidity.
23A wise person’s heart controls his speech,
and what he says helps others learn.
24Pleasant words are ⌞like⌟ honey from a honeycomb—
sweet to the spirit and healthy for the body.
Words of Advice to a Wise Son
25There is a way that seems right to a person,
but eventually it ends in death.
26A laborer’s appetite works to his advantage,
because his hunger drives him on.
27A worthless person plots trouble,
and his speech is like a burning fire.
28A devious person spreads quarrels.
A gossip separates the closest of friends.
29A violent person misleads his neighbor
and leads him on a path that is not good.
30Whoever winks his eye is plotting something devious.
Whoever bites his lips has finished his evil work.
31Silver hair is a beautiful crown found in a righteous life.
32Better to get angry slowly than to be a hero.
Better to be even-tempered than to capture a city.
33The dice are thrown,
but the Lord determines every outcome.
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Proverbs 16
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Proverbs 16
1¶ Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2¶ All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits.
3¶ Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4¶ The Lord has made all things by himself, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5¶ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; the covenant that he makes, shall not be without chastening.
6¶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
7¶ When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8¶ Better is a little with righteousness than a great number of fruits with injustice.
9¶ The heart of man devises his way, but the Lord directs his steps.
10¶ A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.
11¶ A just weight and balance are the Lord’s; all the weights of the bag are his work.
12¶ It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is to be established with righteousness.
13¶ Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaks that which is right.
14¶ The wrath of the king is as a messenger of death, but the wise man will avoid it.
15In the light of the king’s countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16¶ How much better is it to acquire wisdom than gold! and to acquire understanding is worth more than silver!
17¶ The highway of the upright is to separate himself from evil; he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
18¶ Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19¶ It is better to humble your spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20¶ He who has understanding in the word shall find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.
21¶ The wise in heart is called a man of understanding; and the sweetness of the lips shall increase doctrine.
22¶ Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
23¶ The heart of the wise causes his mouth to be prudent, and with his lips he shall increase doctrine.
24¶ Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and medicine to the bones.
25¶ There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26¶ The soul of him that labours, labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.
27¶ The man of Belial digs in search of evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28The perverse man sows strife, and the tale bearer separates princes.
29¶ The evil man flatters his neighbour 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¶ Old age is a crown of glory if it is found in the way of righteousness.
32¶ He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
33¶ The lot is cast into the lap, but the judgment thereof is of the Lord.
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