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The sayings address motives, committed works, God's purposes, pride, just weights, kingship, wise speech, and the tension between human planning and the LORD directing the steps.
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Proverbs 16
The sayings address motives, committed works, God's purposes, pride, just weights, kingship, wise speech, and the tension between human planning and the LORD directing the steps.
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Verses 1–8Commit works to the LORD, who weighs hearts, orders purposes, and values righteousness over gainVerses 9–17God directs steps; righteous rulers value truth, and the upright avoid evilVerses 18–24Pride precedes destruction, while humility, wisdom, and pleasant words bring lifeVerses 25–33The wrong way can look right; evil speech and violence spread trouble, but self-rule is better than conquest
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1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer…2All the ways of a man are clean in his…3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall…4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even…5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination…6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the…7When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even…8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without…9A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth…10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king:…11A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the…12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for…13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love…14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death:…15In the light of the king's countenance is life; and…16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!…17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:…18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a…19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with…20He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and…21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the…22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath…23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth…24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul,…25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,…26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth…27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips…28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief…29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into…30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his…31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it…32He that is slow to anger is better than the…33The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole…