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16.7
PROVERBS
- 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 trespasseth not in judgment.
- 11A just balance and scales are the Lord'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 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 a haughty spirit before a fall.
- 19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the humble,
- 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 is called a man of discernment;
- And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
- 22Understanding is a fountain of life unto him that hath it;
- But folly is the chastisement of fools.
- 23The heart of the wise teacheth 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 hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him;
- For his mouth compelleth him.
- 27An ungodly man diggeth up evil,
- And in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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