Proverbs 16 - American Standard Version 2015

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

² All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;\par\tab But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

³ Commit thy works unto Jehovah,\par\tab And thy purposes shall be established.

⁴ Jehovah hath made everything for its own end;\par\tab Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

⁵ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah:\par\tab {\i Though} hand {\i join} in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;\par\tab And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

⁷ When a man's ways please Jehovah,\par\tab He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

⁸ Better is a little, with righteousness,\par\tab Than great revenues with injustice.

⁹ A man's heart deviseth his way;\par\tab But Jehovah directeth his steps.

¹⁰ A divine sentence is in the lips of the king;\par\tab His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

¹¹ A just balance and scales are Jehovah's;\par\tab All the weights of the bag are his work.

¹² It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;\par\tab For the throne is established by righteousness.

¹³ Righteous lips are the delight of kings;\par\tab And they love him that speaketh right.

¹⁴ The wrath of a king is {\i as} messengers of death;\par\tab But a wise man will pacify it.

¹⁵ In the light of the king's countenance is life;\par\tab And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!\par\tab Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:\par\tab He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

¹⁸ Pride {\i goeth} before destruction,\par\tab And a haughty spirit before a fall.

¹⁹ Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,\par\tab Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

²⁰ He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good;\par\tab And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

²¹ The wise in heart shall be called prudent;\par\tab And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

²² Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it;\par\tab But the correction of fools is {\i their} folly.

²³ The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,\par\tab And addeth learning to his lips.

²⁴ Pleasant words are {\i as} a honeycomb,\par\tab Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

²⁵ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,\par\tab But the end thereof are the ways of death.

²⁶ The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;\par\tab For his mouth urgeth him {\i thereto}.

²⁷ A worthless man deviseth mischief;\par\tab And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

²⁸ A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;\par\tab And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

²⁹ A man of violence enticeth his neighbor,\par\tab And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

³⁰ He that shutteth his eyes, {\i it is} to devise perverse things:\par\tab He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

³¹ The hoary head is a crown of glory;\par\tab It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

³² He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;\par\tab And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

³³ The lot is cast into the lap;\par\tab But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.\par