ACV - Proverbs - 16

16:1  The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

16:2  All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.

16:3  Commit thy works to Jehovah, and thy purposes shall be established.

16:4  Jehovah has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

16:5  Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah. Hand in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

16:6  By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

16:7  When a man's ways please Jehovah, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

16:8  Better is a little, with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

16:9  A man's heart devises his way, but Jehovah directs his steps.

16:10  A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

16:11  A just balance and scales are Jehovah's. All the weights of the bag are his work.

16:12  It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

16:13  Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.

16:14  The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

16:15  In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

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

16:17  The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

16:18  Pride is before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

16:19  Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

16:20  He who gives heed to the word shall find good, and whoever trusts in Jehovah, happy is he.

16:21  The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

16:22  Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.

16:23  The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

16:24  Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

16:25  There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

16:26  The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him.

16:27  A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

16:28  A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

16:29  A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

16:30  He who shuts his eyes devises perverse things. He who moves his lips brings evil to pass.

16:31  The hoary head is a crown of glory. It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

16:32  He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

16:33  The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.