PROVERBS 16:15-27

¹⁵In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

¹⁶How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

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

¹⁸Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

¹⁹Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

²⁰He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

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

²²Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the correction of fools is their folly.

²³The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

²⁴Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

²⁵There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

²⁶The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.

²⁷A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.