Proverbs 16
The preparations
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of the heart
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in man
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and the answer
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of the tongue
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[is] from the LORD
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{preparations: or, disposings}<03068>_.
All the ways
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of a man
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[are] clean
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in his own eyes
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but the LORD
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the spirits
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The LORD
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all [things] for himself
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yea, even the wicked
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for the day
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of evil
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Every one [that is] proud
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in heart
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[is] an abomination
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to the LORD
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[though] hand
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[join] in hand
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{unpunished: Heb. held innocent}<03027>_,
By mercy
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and truth
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iniquity
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and by the fear
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of the LORD
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from evil
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Better
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[is] a little
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with righteousness
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than great
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revenues
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without right
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A divine sentence
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[is] in the lips
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of the king
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his mouth
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not in judgment
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{A divine...: Heb. Divination}<04941>_.
A just
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weight
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and balance
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[are] the LORD'S
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all the weights
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of the bag
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[are] his work
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{the weights: Heb. the stones}<04639>_.
[It is] an abomination
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to kings
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wickedness
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for the throne
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by righteousness
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The wrath
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of a king
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[is as] messengers
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of death
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but a wise
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man
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it.<0376>
In the light
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of the king's
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countenance
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[is] life
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and his favour
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[is] as a cloud
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of the latter rain
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How much better
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wisdom
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than gold
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understanding
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than silver
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Pride
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[goeth] before
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destruction
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and an haughty
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spirit
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before
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a fall
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Better
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[it is to be] of an humble
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spirit
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the spoil
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with the proud
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He that handleth a matter
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good
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in the LORD
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happy
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[is] he. {handleth...: or, understandeth a matter}<0835>
Understanding
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[is] a wellspring
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of life
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unto him that hath
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it: but the instruction
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of fools
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[is] folly
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The heart
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of the wise
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his mouth
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learning
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to his lips
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{teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}<08193>_.
Pleasant
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words
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sweet
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to the soul
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and health
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to the bones
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There is
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a way
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that seemeth right
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unto
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a man
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but the end
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thereof [are] the ways
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of death
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He
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that laboureth
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for himself; for his mouth
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it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}<06310>
An ungodly
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man
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evil
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and in his lips
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[there is] as a burning
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fire
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{An...: Heb. A man of Belial}<0784>_.
A froward
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man
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strife
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and a whisperer
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chief friends
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{soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}<0441>_.
A violent
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man
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his neighbour
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him into the way
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[that is] not good
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The hoary head
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[is] a crown
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of glory
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in the way
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of righteousness
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