Proverbs 16
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1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
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2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
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3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
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4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
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6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
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7When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
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11A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
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12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
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13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
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14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
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15In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
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16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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20He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
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21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
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22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
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23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
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24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
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29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
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30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
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31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
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32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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33The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
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Cross References
Proverbs 16:1
Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, t...Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.Luke 21:14Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:Philippians 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.Proverbs 20:24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs 16:2
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of...Luke 16:15And he said unto them,Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God k...Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed fro...Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according t...
Proverbs 16:3
Psalms 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine he...Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer...Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thank...1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Proverbs 16:4
Romans 9:22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured wit...2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the...Isaiah 43:21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.Isaiah 43:7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I...1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at t...
Proverbs 16:5
Proverbs 6:16¶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, an...Proverbs 11:21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of th...James 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but givet...Romans 2:8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighte...
Proverbs 16:6
Proverbs 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confide...Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depar...2 Corinthians 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from a...Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sin...Proverbs 14:27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 16:7
Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?1 John 3:22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and...Colossians 1:10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every...2 Chronicles 17:10¶ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were rou...Jeremiah 15:11The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the...
Proverbs 16:8
Psalms 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble there...1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth rich...Micah 6:10¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the...
Proverbs 16:9
Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, t...Psalms 37:23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.Proverbs 16:1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the...Proverbs 20:24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?Jeremiah 10:23¶ O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that wa...
Proverbs 16:10
Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.Genesis 44:5Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye hav...Jeremiah 23:5¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteou...Genesis 44:15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that...Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Proverbs 16:11
Proverbs 11:1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the L...Ezekiel 45:10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.Leviticus 19:35¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in meas...Hosea 12:7¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress...
Proverbs 16:12
Proverbs 25:5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established i...Luke 12:48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten w...Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for e...Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abom...Psalms 99:4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou execu...
Cross References
Proverbs 16:1
Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, t...Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.Luke 21:14Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:Philippians 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.Proverbs 20:24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs 16:2
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of...Luke 16:15And he said unto them,Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God k...Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed fro...Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according t...
Proverbs 16:3
Psalms 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine he...Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer...Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thank...1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Proverbs 16:4
Romans 9:22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured wit...2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the...Isaiah 43:21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.Isaiah 43:7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I...1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at t...
Proverbs 16:5
Proverbs 6:16¶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, an...Proverbs 11:21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of th...James 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but givet...Romans 2:8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighte...
Proverbs 16:6
Proverbs 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confide...Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depar...2 Corinthians 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from a...Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sin...Proverbs 14:27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 16:7
Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?1 John 3:22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and...Colossians 1:10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every...2 Chronicles 17:10¶ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were rou...Jeremiah 15:11The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the...
Proverbs 16:8
Psalms 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble there...1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth rich...Micah 6:10¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the...
Proverbs 16:9
Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, t...Psalms 37:23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.Proverbs 16:1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the...Proverbs 20:24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?Jeremiah 10:23¶ O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that wa...
Proverbs 16:10
Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.Genesis 44:5Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye hav...Jeremiah 23:5¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteou...Genesis 44:15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that...Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Proverbs 16:11
Proverbs 11:1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the L...Ezekiel 45:10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.Leviticus 19:35¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in meas...Hosea 12:7¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress...
Proverbs 16:12
Proverbs 25:5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established i...Luke 12:48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten w...Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for e...Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abom...Psalms 99:4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou execu...