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| The Book of Proverbs 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Basic English Online Bible (BEN) | ||||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:1 | The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:2 | All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:3 | Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:4 | The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:5 | Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:6 | By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:7 | When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:8 | Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:9 | A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:10 | Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:11 | True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:12 | Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:13 | Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:14 | The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:15 | In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:16 | How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:17 | The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:18 | Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:19 | Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:20 | He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:21 | The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:22 | Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:23 | The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:24 | Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:25 | There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:26 | The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:27 | A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:28 | A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:29 | A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:30 | He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:31 | The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:32 | He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 16:33 | A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord. | |||||||||||||||
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