Proverbs 16:8-29

⁸Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

⁹A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

¹⁰A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

¹¹A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.

¹²It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

¹³Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

¹⁴The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

¹⁵In the light of the king’s countenance is life; And his favor 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 a 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 Jehovah, happy is he.

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

²²Understanding is a well-spring 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 a 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 laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

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

²⁸A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

²⁹A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.