📖 Proverbs 16
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The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.
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All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.
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Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
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The LORD has worked everything for his own ends– even the wicked for the day of disaster.
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The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.
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Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the LORD one avoids evil.
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When a person’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
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Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.
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A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
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The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.
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Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
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12
Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.
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The delight of a king is righteous counsel, and he will love the one who speaks uprightly.
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A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
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In the light of the king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.
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16
How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
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17
The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
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18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.
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The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.
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The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.
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Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
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A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.
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Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
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There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
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A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.
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A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
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A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
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A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.
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30
The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.
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Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.
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Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.
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The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the LORD.