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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">To humans belong the plans of the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">but from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes the proper answer of the tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All a person&#8217;s ways seem pure to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">but motives are weighed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Commit to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> whatever you do,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">and he will establish your plans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> works out everything to its proper end&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">even the wicked for a day of disaster.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests all the proud of heart.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">through the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> evil is avoided.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes pleasure in anyone&#8217;s way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">he causes their enemies to make peace with them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Better a little with righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">than much gain with injustice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In their hearts humans plan their course,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> establishes their steps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The lips of a king speak as an oracle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">and his mouth does not betray justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Honest scales and balances belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">all the weights in the bag are of his making.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kings detest wrongdoing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">for a throne is established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Kings take pleasure in honest lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">they value the one who speaks what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath is a messenger of death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">but the wise will appease it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When a king&#8217;s face brightens, it means life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How much better to get wisdom than gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">to get insight rather than silver!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The highway of the upright avoids evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">those who guard their ways preserve their lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Pride goes before destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">a haughty spirit before a fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">than to share plunder with the proud.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">whoever speaks prudently finds what is good</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">and blessed is the one who trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The wise in heart are called discerning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">and gracious words promote instruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">words make a person persuasive</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">but folly brings punishment to fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">and their lips promote instruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent / and make their lips persuasive</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Gracious words are a honeycomb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The appetite of laborers works for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">their hunger drives them on.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A scoundrel plots evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A perverse person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">and a gossip separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A violent person entices their neighbor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">and leads them down a path that is not good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Gray hair is a crown of splendor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">it is attained in the way of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Better a patient person than a warrior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">one with self-control than one who takes a city.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The lot is cast into the lap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="content">but its every decision is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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