NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Names Arts Hymns

Discovery Box

Proverbs 16:1-25

16:1

The preparations
<04633>

of the heart
<03820>

in man
<0120>_,

and the answer
<04617>

of the tongue
<03956>_,

[is] from the LORD
<03068>_.

{preparations: or, disposings}

16:2

All the ways
<01870>

of a man
<0376>

[are] clean
<02134>

in his own eyes
<05869>_;

but the LORD
<03068>

weigheth
<08505> (8802)

the spirits
<07307>_.

16:3

Commit
<01556> (8798)

thy works
<04639>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and thy thoughts
<04284>

shall be established
<03559> (8735)_.

{Commit: Heb. Roll}

16:4

The LORD
<03068>

hath made
<06466> (8804)

all [things] for himself
<04617>_:

yea, even the wicked
<07563>

for the day
<03117>

of evil
<07451>_.

16:5

Every one [that is] proud
<01362>

in heart
<03820>

[is] an abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

[though] hand
<03027>

[join] in hand
<03027>_,

he shall not be unpunished
<05352> (8735)_.

{unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

16:6

By mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

iniquity
<05771>

is purged
<03722> (8792)_:

and by the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[men] depart
<05493> (8800)

from evil
<07451>_.

16:7

When a man's
<0376>

ways
<01870>

please
<07521> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>_,

he maketh even his enemies
<0341> (8802)

to be at peace
<07999> (8686)

with him.

16:8

Better
<02896>

[is] a little
<04592>

with righteousness
<06666>

than great
<07230>

revenues
<08393>

without right
<04941>_.

16:9

A man's
<0120>

heart
<03820>

deviseth
<02803> (8762)

his way
<01870>_:

but the LORD
<03068>

directeth
<03559> (8686)

his steps
<06806>_.

16:10

A divine sentence
<07081>

[is] in the lips
<08193>

of the king
<04428>_:

his mouth
<06310>

transgresseth
<04603> (8799)

not in judgment
<04941>_.

{A divine...: Heb. Divination}

16:11

A just
<04941>

weight
<06425>

and balance
<03976>

[are] the LORD'S
<03068>_:

all the weights
<068>

of the bag
<03599>

[are] his work
<04639>_.

{the weights: Heb. the stones}

16:12

[It is] an abomination
<08441>

to kings
<04428>

to commit
<06213> (8800)

wickedness
<07562>_:

for the throne
<03678>

is established
<03559> (8735)

by righteousness
<06666>_.

16:13

Righteous
<06664>

lips
<08193>

[are] the delight
<07522>

of kings
<04428>_;

and they love
<0157> (8799)

him that speaketh
<01696> (8802)

right
<03477>_.

16:14

The wrath
<02534>

of a king
<04428>

[is as] messengers
<04397>

of death
<04194>_:

but a wise
<02450>

man
<0376>

will pacify
<03722> (8762)

it.

16:15

In the light
<0216>

of the king's
<04428>

countenance
<06440>

[is] life
<02416>_;

and his favour
<07522>

[is] as a cloud
<05645>

of the latter rain
<04456>_.

16:16

How much better
<02896>

[is it] to get
<07069> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>

than gold
<02742>_!

and to get
<07069> (8800)

understanding
<0998>

rather to be chosen
<0977> (8737)

than silver
<03701>_!

16:17

The highway
<04546>

of the upright
<03477>

[is] to depart
<05493> (8800)

from evil
<07451>_:

he that keepeth
<05341> (8802)

his way
<01870>

preserveth
<08104> (8802)

his soul
<05315>_.

16:18

Pride
<01347>

[goeth] before
<06440>

destruction
<07667>_,

and an haughty
<01363>

spirit
<07307>

before
<06440>

a fall
<03783>_.

16:19

Better
<02896>

[it is to be] of an humble
<08217>

spirit
<07307>

with the lowly
<06035> (8675) <06041>_,

than to divide
<02505> (8763)

the spoil
<07998>

with the proud
<01343>_.

16:20

He that handleth a matter
<01697>

wisely
<07919> (8688)

shall find
<04672> (8799)

good
<02896>_:

and whoso trusteth
<0982> (8802)

in the LORD
<03068>_,

happy
<0835>

[is] he. {handleth...: or, understandeth a matter}

16:21

The wise
<02450>

in heart
<03820>

shall be called
<07121> (8735)

prudent
<0995> (8737)_:

and the sweetness
<04986>

of the lips
<08193>

increaseth
<03254> (8686)

learning
<03948>_.

16:22

Understanding
<07922>

[is] a wellspring
<04726>

of life
<02416>

unto him that hath
<01167>

it: but the instruction
<04148>

of fools
<0191>

[is] folly
<0200>_.

16:23

The heart
<03820>

of the wise
<02450>

teacheth
<07919> (8686)

his mouth
<06310>_,

and addeth
<03254> (8686)

learning
<03948>

to his lips
<08193>_.

{teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}

16:24

Pleasant
<05278>

words
<0561>

[are as] an honeycomb
<06688> <01706>_,

sweet
<04966>

to the soul
<05315>_,

and health
<04832>

to the bones
<06106>_.

16:25

There is
<03426>

a way
<01870>

that seemeth right
<03477>

unto
<06440>

a man
<0376>_,

but the end
<0319>

thereof [are] the ways
<01870>

of death
<04194>_.