{ "apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Chapter", "metadata": { "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z", "language": "en", "book": "proverbs", "chapter": 16 }, "data": { "n": 16, "bookSlug": "proverbs", "bookCode": "PRO", "refId": "", "title": "", "translation": null, "segments": [], "lines": [], "paragraphs": [{ "n": 1, "refId": "PRO-16:1", "verseRef": "Prov.16.1", "text": "The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah." },{ "n": 2, "refId": "PRO-16:2", "verseRef": "Prov.16.2", "text": "All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits." },{ "n": 3, "refId": "PRO-16:3", "verseRef": "Prov.16.3", "text": "Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established." },{ "n": 4, "refId": "PRO-16:4", "verseRef": "Prov.16.4", "text": "Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." },{ "n": 5, "refId": "PRO-16:5", "verseRef": "Prov.16.5", "text": "Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished." },{ "n": 6, "refId": "PRO-16:6", "verseRef": "Prov.16.6", "text": "By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil." },{ "n": 7, "refId": "PRO-16:7", "verseRef": "Prov.16.7", "text": "When a man`s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." },{ "n": 8, "refId": "PRO-16:8", "verseRef": "Prov.16.8", "text": "Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice." },{ "n": 9, "refId": "PRO-16:9", "verseRef": "Prov.16.9", "text": "A man`s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps." },{ "n": 10, "refId": "PRO-16:10", "verseRef": "Prov.16.10", "text": "A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment." },{ "n": 11, "refId": "PRO-16:11", "verseRef": "Prov.16.11", "text": "A just balance and scales are Jehovah`s; All the weights of the bag are his work." },{ "n": 12, "refId": "PRO-16:12", "verseRef": "Prov.16.12", "text": "It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness." },{ "n": 13, "refId": "PRO-16:13", "verseRef": "Prov.16.13", "text": "Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right." },{ "n": 14, "refId": "PRO-16:14", "verseRef": "Prov.16.14", "text": "The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it." },{ "n": 15, "refId": "PRO-16:15", "verseRef": "Prov.16.15", "text": "In the light of the king`s countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain." },{ "n": 16, "refId": "PRO-16:16", "verseRef": "Prov.16.16", "text": "How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver." },{ "n": 17, "refId": "PRO-16:17", "verseRef": "Prov.16.17", "text": "The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul." },{ "n": 18, "refId": "PRO-16:18", "verseRef": "Prov.16.18", "text": "Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall." },{ "n": 19, "refId": "PRO-16:19", "verseRef": "Prov.16.19", "text": "Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud." },{ "n": 20, "refId": "PRO-16:20", "verseRef": "Prov.16.20", "text": "He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he." },{ "n": 21, "refId": "PRO-16:21", "verseRef": "Prov.16.21", "text": "The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning." },{ "n": 22, "refId": "PRO-16:22", "verseRef": "Prov.16.22", "text": "Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly." },{ "n": 23, "refId": "PRO-16:23", "verseRef": "Prov.16.23", "text": "The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips." },{ "n": 24, "refId": "PRO-16:24", "verseRef": "Prov.16.24", "text": "Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones." },{ "n": 25, "refId": "PRO-16:25", "verseRef": "Prov.16.25", "text": "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death." },{ "n": 26, "refId": "PRO-16:26", "verseRef": "Prov.16.26", "text": "The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto]." },{ "n": 27, "refId": "PRO-16:27", "verseRef": "Prov.16.27", "text": "A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire." },{ "n": 28, "refId": "PRO-16:28", "verseRef": "Prov.16.28", "text": "A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends." },{ "n": 29, "refId": "PRO-16:29", "verseRef": "Prov.16.29", "text": "A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good." },{ "n": 30, "refId": "PRO-16:30", "verseRef": "Prov.16.30", "text": "He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass." },{ "n": 31, "refId": "PRO-16:31", "verseRef": "Prov.16.31", "text": "The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness." },{ "n": 32, "refId": "PRO-16:32", "verseRef": "Prov.16.32", "text": "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city." },{ "n": 33, "refId": "PRO-16:33", "verseRef": "Prov.16.33", "text": "The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah." } ] }, "links": { "self": "/v1/library/books/proverbs/chapters/16", "book": "/v1/library/books/proverbs/", "chapters": "/v1/library/books/proverbs/chapters/", "library": "/v1/library/", "schema": "/v1/schema/book/" } }