Proverbs 16

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 A human heart makes the plans, Yahweh gives the answer.	1 It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.
2 A person's own acts seem right to the doer, but Yahweh is the weigher of souls.	2 All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.
3 Commend what you do to Yahweh, and what you plan wil be achieved.	3 Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed.
4 Yahweh made everything for its own purpose, yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.	4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day.
5 Every arrogant heart is abhorrent to Yahweh: be sure this wil not go unpunished.	5 Every proud man is an abomination to the Lord: though hand should be joined to hand, he is not innocent. The beginning of a good way is to do justice; and this is more acceptable with God, than to offer sacrifices.
6 By faithful love and constancy sin is expiated; by fear of Yahweh evil is avoided.	6 By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
7 Let Yahweh be pleased with someone's way of life and he makes that person's very enemies intofriends.	7 When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.
8 Better have little and with it uprightness than great revenues with injustice.	8 Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.
9 The human heart may plan a course, but it is Yahweh who makes the steps secure.	9 The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.
10 The lips of the king utter prophecies, he keeps faith when he speaks in judgement.	10 Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment.
11 The balances and scales belong to Yahweh, al the weights in the bag are of his making.	11 Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
12 Evil-doing is abhorrent to kings, since uprightness is a throne's foundation.	12 They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.
13 Upright lips are welcome to a king, he loves someone of honest words.	13 Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.
14 The king's wrath is the herald of death, but the wise will appease it.	14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death : and the wise man will pacify it.
15 When the king's face brightens it spel s life, his favour is like the rain in spring.	15 In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.
16 Better gain wisdom than gold, choose understanding in preference to silver.	16 Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
17 To turn from evil is the way of the honest; whoever watches the path keeps life safe.	17 The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.
18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fal .	18 Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
19 Better be humble with the poor than share the booty with the proud.	19 It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
20 Whoever listens closely to the word finds happiness; whoever trusts Yahweh is blessed.	20 The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed.
21 The wise of heart is acclaimed as intel igent, sweetness of speech increases knowledge.	21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet in words shall attain to greater things.
22 Shrewdness is a fountain of life for its possessor, the fol y of fools is their own punishment.	22 Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
23 The heart of the wise lends shrewdness to speech and makes words more persuasive.	23 The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add grace to his lips.
24 Kindly words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste, wholesome to the body.	24 Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way that some think straight, but it leads in the end to death.	25 There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.
26 A worker's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him on.	26 The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.
27 A worthless person concocts evil, such a one's talk is like a scorching fire.	27 The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
28 A troublemaker sows strife, a slanderer divides friend from friend.	28 A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.
29 The violent lures his neighbour astray and leads him by a way that is not good.	29 An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good
30 Whoever narrows the eyes to think up tricks and purses the lips has already done wrong.	30 He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass.
31 White hairs are a crown of honour, they are found in the ways of uprightness.	31 Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.
32 Better an equable person than a hero, someone with self-mastery than one who takes a city.	32 The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.
33 In the fold of the garment the lot is thrown, but from Yahweh comes the decision.	33 Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.