Proverbs 16

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 A human heart makes the plans, Yahweh gives the answer.	1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
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 clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3 Commend what you do to Yahweh, and what you plan wil be achieved.	3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
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: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5 Every arrogant heart is abhorrent to Yahweh: be sure this wil not go unpunished.	5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6 By faithful love and constancy sin is expiated; by fear of Yahweh evil is avoided.	6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: 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 a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8 Better have little and with it uprightness than great revenues with injustice.	8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9 The human heart may plan a course, but it is Yahweh who makes the steps secure.	9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
10 The lips of the king utter prophecies, he keeps faith when he speaks in judgement.	10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
11 The balances and scales belong to Yahweh, al the weights in the bag are of his making.	11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
12 Evil-doing is abhorrent to kings, since uprightness is a throne's foundation.	12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13 Upright lips are welcome to a king, he loves someone of honest words.	13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
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: but a 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 light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16 Better gain wisdom than gold, choose understanding in preference to silver.	16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17 To turn from evil is the way of the honest; whoever watches the path keeps life safe.	17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fal .	18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better be humble with the poor than share the booty with the proud.	19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20 Whoever listens closely to the word finds happiness; whoever trusts Yahweh is blessed.	20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
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 the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Shrewdness is a fountain of life for its possessor, the fol y of fools is their own punishment.	22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise lends shrewdness to speech and makes words more persuasive.	23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24 Kindly words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste, wholesome to the body.	24 Pleasant words are as an 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 right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 A worker's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him on.	26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27 A worthless person concocts evil, such a one's talk is like a scorching fire.	27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28 A troublemaker sows strife, a slanderer divides friend from friend.	28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29 The violent lures his neighbour astray and leads him by a way that is not good.	29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30 Whoever narrows the eyes to think up tricks and purses the lips has already done wrong.	30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
31 White hairs are a crown of honour, they are found in the ways of uprightness.	31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
32 Better an equable person than a hero, someone with self-mastery than one who takes a city.	32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
33 In the fold of the garment the lot is thrown, but from Yahweh comes the decision.	33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.