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 your works to Jehovah and your purposes will be established.
16:4 Jehovah has made everything for its own end, yes, 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 will not be unpunished.
16:6 Iniquity is atoned for by mercy and truth and men depart from evil by the fear of Jehovah.
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 will 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, because the throne is established by righteousness.
16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings and they love he who speaks right.
16:14 The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
16:15 Life is in the light of the king's countenance and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16:16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, 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 will find good and whoever trusts in Jehovah, he is fortunate.
16:21 The wise in heart will 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 of it are the ways of death.
16:26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, because his mouth urges him.
16:27 A worthless man devises evil and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
16:28 A perverse man scatters abroad strife and a whisperer separates companions.
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 completes evil things.
16:31 The gray-haired is a crown of glory. It will 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 of it is of Jehovah.