Proverbs 16:1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ The preparations of the heart in man, And the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THE PLANS of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹ To people belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ It is for man to prepare the soul, and for the Lord to govern the tongue.

Proverbs 16:1 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:5

0 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more: neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before,

2 Chronicles 18:31

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer met him, and said to him: Thou helpest the ungodly, and thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the Lord, and therefore thou didst deserve indeed the wrath of the Lord:

Ezra 7:27

Of the sons of Phahath Moab, Eleoenai the son of Zareha, and with him two hundred men.

Nehemiah 1:11

And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant hath found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me into Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father, and I will build it.

Job 17:11

6 All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?

Psalm 10:17

He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 119:36

3 And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.

Exodus 4:15

7 And take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

Proverbs 15:33

When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

Proverbs 16:9

6 Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Proverbs 19:21

8 An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

Proverbs 20:24

As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.

Proverbs 21:1

The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.

Jeremiah 10:23

And the Lord said to me: Proclaim aloud all these words in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of the covenant, and do them:

2 Corinthians 8:16

For concerning the ministry that is done towards the saints, it is superfluous for me to write unto you.

Philippians 2:13

2 Now know ye the proof of him, that as a son with the father, so hath he served with me in the gospel.