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16:1  The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
16:2  All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
16:3  Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
16:4  The LORD hath made every thing for its own end: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
16:5  Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
16:6  By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
16:7  When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
16:8  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
16:9  A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
16:10  A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
16:11  A just balance and scales are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
16:12  It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
16:13  Righteous lips are the delight or kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
16:14  The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
16:15  In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16:16  How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
16:17  The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
16:18  Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
16:19  Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
16:20  He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
16:21  The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
16:22  Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the correction of fools is their folly.
16:23  The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
16:24  Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
16:25  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
16:26  The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.
16:27  A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
16:28  A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
16:29  A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a way that is not good.
16:30  He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
16:31  The hoary head is a crown of glory, it shall be found in the way of righteousness.
16:32  He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
16:33  The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.