Proverbs 16:1-15 ▼

1 A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.

2 A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.

3 Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper.

4 The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake: yea, the vngodly for the day of wrath.

5 The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart: and though hande be ioyned in hande, yet they shall not be vnpunished.

6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen: and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed.

7 When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.

10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

11 A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.

12 Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

13 Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

14 The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

15 The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.