Proverbs 16:1-33 MEV

[1] The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. [2] All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit. [3] Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established. [4] The LORD has made all things for Himself, yes, even the wicked for the day of evil. [5] Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not be unpunished. [6] By mercy and truth iniquity is purged; and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. [7] When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. [8] Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. [9] A man's heart devises his way, but the LORD directs his steps. [10] A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment. [11] A just weight and balance belong to the LORD; all the weights of the bag are His work. [12] It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness. [13] Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right. [14] The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it. [15] In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain. [16] How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver! [17] The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul. [18] Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. [19] Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud. [20] He who handles a matter wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he. [21] The wise in heart will be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning. [22] Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly. [23] The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. [24] Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones. [25] There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. [26] He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him. [27] An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire. [28] A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates the best of friends. [29] A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into the way that is not good. [30] He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips he brings evil to pass. [31] The gray-haired head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. [32] He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. [33] The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole outcome is of the LORD.