Proverbs 16 ¶ Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ ¶ Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. ² ¶ All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirits. ³ ¶ Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. ⁴ ¶ The LORD has made all things by himself, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. ⁵ ¶ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; the covenant that he makes, shall not be without chastening. ⁶ ¶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. ⁷ ¶ When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. ⁸ ¶ Better is a little with righteousness than a great number of fruits with injustice. ⁹ ¶ The heart of man devises his way, but the LORD directs his steps. ¹⁰ ¶ A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment. ¹¹ ¶ A just weight and balance are the LORD’s; all the weights of the bag are his work. ¹² ¶ It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is to be established with righteousness. ¹³ ¶ Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaks that which is right. ¹⁴ ¶ The wrath of the king is as a messenger of death, but the wise man will avoid it. ¹⁵ In the light of the king’s countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. ¹⁶ ¶ How much better is it to acquire wisdom than gold! and to acquire understanding is worth more than silver! ¹⁷ ¶ The highway of the upright is to separate himself from evil; he that keeps his way preserves his soul. ¹⁸ ¶ Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. ¹⁹ ¶ It is better to humble your spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud. ²⁰ ¶ He who has understanding in the word shall find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. ²¹ ¶ The wise in heart is called a man of understanding; and the sweetness of the lips shall increase doctrine. ²² ¶ Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has it, but the instruction of fools is folly. ²³ ¶ The heart of the wise causes his mouth to be prudent, and with his lips he shall increase doctrine. ²⁴ ¶ Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and medicine to the bones. ²⁵ ¶ There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. ²⁶ ¶ The soul of him that labours, labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him. ²⁷ ¶ The man of Belial digs in search of evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire. ²⁸ The perverse man sows strife, and the tale bearer separates princes. ²⁹ ¶ The evil man flatters his neighbour and leads him into the way that is not good. ³⁰ He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips he brings evil to pass. ³¹ ¶ Old age is a crown of glory if it is found in the way of righteousness. ³² ¶ He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city. ³³ ¶ The lot is cast into the lap, but the judgment thereof is of the LORD.