Proverbs 16:1-11

1The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

4The LORD hath made every thing for its own end: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

7When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD 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 the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work.