Proverbs 16

1 ♥ 📝 T he plans^H4633 of the heart^H3820 belong to man;^H120 But the answer^H4617 of the tongue^H3956 is from Jehovah.^H3068

2 ♥ 📝 All the ways^H1870 of a man^H376 are clean^H2134 in his own eyes;^H5869 But Jehovah^H3068 weigheth^H8505 the spirits.^H7307

3 ♥ 📝 Commit^H1556 thy works^H4639 unto Jehovah,^H3068 And thy purposes^H4284 shall be established.^H3559

4 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 hath made^H6466 everything for its own end;^H4617 Yea, even the wicked^H7563 for the day^H3117 of evil.^H7451

5 ♥ 📝 Every one that is proud^H1362 in heart^H3820 is an abomination^H8441 to Jehovah:^H3068 [Though] hand^H3027 [join] in hand,^H3027 he shall not be unpunished.^H5352

6 ♥ 📝 By mercy^H2617 and truth^H571 iniquity^H5771 is atoned^H3722 for; And by the fear^H3374 of Jehovah^H3068 men depart^H5493 from evil.^H7451

7 ♥ 📝 When a man's^H376 ways^H1870 please^H7521 Jehovah,^H3068 He maketh even his enemies^H341 to be at peace^H7999 with him.

8 ♥ 📝 Better^H2896 is a little,^H4592 with righteousness,^H6666 Than great^H7230 revenues^H8393 with injustice.^H4941

9 ♥ 📝 A man's^H120 heart^H3820 deviseth^H2803 his way;^H1870 But Jehovah^H3068 directeth^H3559 his steps.^H6806

10 ♥ 📝 A divine sentence^H7081 is in the lips^H8193 of the king;^H4428 His mouth^H6310 shall not transgress in judgment.^H4941

11 ♥ 📝 A just^H4941 balance^H3976 and scales^H6425 are Jehovah's;^H3068 All the weights^H68 of the bag^H3599 are his work.^H4639

12 ♥ 📝 It is an abomination^H8441 to kings^H4428 to commit^H6213 wickedness;^H7562 For the throne^H3678 is established^H3559 by righteousness.^H6666

13 ♥ 📝 Righteous^H6664 lips^H8193 are the delight^H7522 of kings;^H4428 And they love^H157 him that speaketh^H1696 right.^H3477

14 ♥ 📝 The wrath^H2534 of a king^H4428 is [as] messengers^H4397 of death;^H4194 But a wise^H2450 man^H376 will pacify^H3722 it.

15 ♥ 📝 In the light^H216 of the king's^H4428 countenance^H6440 is life;^H2416 And his favor^H7522 is as a cloud^H5645 of the latter rain.^H4456

16 ♥ 📝 How much better^H2896 is it to get^H7069 wisdom^H2451 than gold!^H2742 Yea, to get^H7069 understanding^H998 is rather to be chosen^H977 than silver.^H3701

17 ♥ 📝 The highway^H4546 of the upright^H3477 is to depart^H5493 from evil:^H7451 He that keepeth^H5341 his way^H1870 preserveth^H8104 his soul.^H5315

18 ♥ 📝 Pride^H1347 [goeth] before^H6440 destruction,^H7667 And a haughty^H1363 spirit^H7307 before^H6440 a fall.^H3783

19 ♥ 📝 Better^H2896 it is to be of a lowly^H6035 spirit^H7307 with the poor,^H8217 Than to divide^H2505 the spoil^H7998 with the proud.^H1343

20 ♥ 📝 He that giveth heed^H7919 unto the word^H1697 shall find^H4672 good;^H2896 And whoso trusteth^H982 in Jehovah,^H3068 happy^H835 is he.

21 ♥ 📝 The wise^H2450 in heart^H3820 shall be called^H7121 prudent;^H995 And the sweetness^H4986 of the lips^H8193 increaseth^H3254 learning.^H3948

22 ♥ 📝 Understanding^H7922 is a well-spring^H4726 of life^H2416 unto him that hath^H1167 it; But the correction^H4148 of fools^H191 is [their] folly.^H200

23 ♥ 📝 The heart^H3820 of the wise^H2450 instructeth^H7919 his mouth,^H6310 And addeth^H3254 learning^H3948 to his lips.^H8193

24 ♥ 📝 Pleasant^H5278 words^H561 are [as] a honeycomb,^H6688 Sweet^H4966 to the soul,^H5315 and health^H4832 to the bones.^H6106

25 ♥ 📝 There is^H3426 a way^H1870 which seemeth right^H3477 unto^H6440 a man,^H376 But the end^H319 thereof are the ways^H1870 of death.^H4194

26 ♥ 📝 The appetite of the laboring^H6001 man^H5315 laboreth^H6001 for him; For his mouth^H6310 urgeth^H404 him [thereto].

27 ♥ 📝 A worthless^H1100 man^H376 deviseth^H3738 mischief;^H7451 And in his lips^H8193 there is as a scorching^H6867 fire.^H784

28 ♥ 📝 A perverse^H8419 man^H376 scattereth^H7971 abroad strife;^H4066 And a whisperer^H5372 separateth^H6504 chief friends.^H441

29 ♥ 📝 A man^H376 of violence^H2555 enticeth^H6601 his neighbor,^H7453 And leadeth^H3212 him in a way^H1870 that is not good.^H2896

30 ♥ 📝 He that shutteth^H6095 his eyes,^H5869 [it is] to devise^H2803 perverse things:^H8419 He that compresseth^H7169 his lips^H8193 bringeth^H3615 evil^H7451 to pass.^H3615

31 ♥ 📝 The hoary head^H7872 is a crown^H5850 of glory;^H8597 It shall be found^H4672 in the way^H1870 of righteousness.^H6666

32 ♥ 📝 He that is slow^H750 to anger^H639 is better^H2896 than the mighty;^H1368 And he that ruleth^H4910 his spirit,^H7307 than he that taketh^H3920 a city.^H5892

33 ♥ 📝 The lot^H1486 is cast^H2904 into the lap;^H2436 But the whole disposing^H4941 thereof is of Jehovah.^H3068