These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Proverbs 16
Tanakh 33 verses
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The preparations of the are man’s, But the answer of the tongue is from .
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Proverbs 19:21 Proverbs 16:9 Matthew 10:19-20 Proverbs 20:24 Philippians 2:13 Luke 21:14-15 Luke 12:11-12 Exodus 4:15 2 Corinthians 8:16 Ezra 7:27 Jeremiah 32:39-40 Nehemiah 1:11 Jeremiah 10:23 Psalm 10:17 2 Chronicles 18:31 Jeremiah 1:7-9 Ezekiel 36:26-27 Exodus 4:11-12 Proverbs 21:1 Psalm 119:36 James 1:16-18 - 2 All the ways of a man are in his own eyes; But weigheth the spirits.
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Commit thy works unto , And thy thoughts shall be established.
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The hath made every things for His own purpose, Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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Every one that is proud in is an abomination to ; My hand upon it! he shall not be unpunished.
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- 6 By and iniquity is expiated; And by the of men depart from evil.
- 7 When a man’s ways please , He maketh even his enemies to be at with him.
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Better is a little with Than great revenues with injustice.
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A man’s deviseth his way; But directeth his steps.
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- 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the ; His mouth trespasseth not in judgment.
- 11 A just balance and scales are Yahweh’S; All the weights of the bag are His work.
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It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by .
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Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they him that speaketh right.
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- 14 The wrath of a is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
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In the light of the king’s countenance is life; And his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
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- 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
- 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He that keepeth his way preserveth his .
- 18 Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty before a fall.
- 19 Better it is to be of a lowly with the humble, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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He that giveth heed unto the shall find good; And whoso trusteth in , happy is he.
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- 21 The wise in is called a man of discernment; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
- 22 Understanding is a fountain of life unto him that hath it; But folly is the chastisement of fools.
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The of the wise teacheth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
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- 24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the , and health to the bones.
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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
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The hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him; For his mouth compelleth him.
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- 27 An unElohimly man diggeth up evil, And in his lips there is as a burning fire.
- 28 A froward man soweth strife; And a whisperer separateth familiar friends.
- 29 A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, And leadeth him into a way that is not good.
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He shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; He that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
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- 31 The hoary head is a of , It is found in the way of .
- 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his than he that taketh a city.
- 33 The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of .