16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD:

16:2 All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits:

16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established:

16:4 The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil:

16:5 Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished:

16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil:

16:7 When a man' s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him:

16:8 Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right:

16:9 A man' s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps:

16:10 A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment:

16:11 A just weight and balance [are] the LORD' 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 that speaketh right:

16:14 The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it:

16:15 In the light of the king' s countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain:

16:16 How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver:

16:17 The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul:

16:18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall:

16:19 Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud:

16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he:

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

16:22 Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly:

16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips:

16:24 Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones:

16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death:

16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him:

16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire:

16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends:

16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good:

16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass:

16:31 The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness:

16:32 He that is slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city:

16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD: