Proverbs 16

The plans of the heart belong to man,

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;

Commit your deeds to Yahweh,

Yahweh has made everything for its own end—

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh:

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.

When a man’s ways please Yahweh,

Better is a little with righteousness,

A man’s heart plans his course,

Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king.

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s;

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong,

Righteous lips are the delight of kings.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death,

In the light of the king’s face is life.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil.

Pride goes before destruction,

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent.

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it,

The heart of the wise instructs his mouth,

Pleasant words are a honeycomb,

There is a way which seems right to a man,

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him;

A worthless man devises mischief.

A perverse man stirs up strife.

A man of violence entices his neighbor,

One who winks his eyes to plot perversities,

Gray hair is a crown of glory.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;

The lot is cast into the lap,