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16:1  The plans of the lev belong to adam, and the answer of the lashon is from Hashem.
16:2  All the drakhei ish are pure in his own eynayim, but Hashem weigheth the ruchot.
16:3  Commit thy ma’asim (works) unto Hashem, and thy plans shall be established.
16:4  Hashem works out all things for Himself, indeed, even the rasha (wicked) for the Yom Ra’ah (day of evil).
16:5  Every one that is proud in lev is to’evat Hashem; though yad join in yad, he shall not go unpunished.
16:6  By chesed and emes avon is purged, and by the Yirat Hashem men depart from rah.
16:7  When drakhei ish please Hashem, He maketh even his oyevim to be in shalom with him.
16:8  Better is a little with tzedakah than great revenues without mishpat (justice).
16:9  The lev adam plans his derech, but Hashem directeth his steps.
16:10  A kesem (oracle) is on the sfatayim (lips) of Melech, his peh (mouth) must not betray mishpat.
16:11  A just weight and balance are Hashem’s, all the weights of the bag are His concern.
16:12  It is to’evat melachim to commit resha (wickedness), for the kisse is established through tzedakah.
16:13  Sfatayim (lips) of tzedek are the delight of melachim; and they love him that speaketh yesharim (upright things).
16:14  The wrath of a melech is as malachim of mavet, but an ish chacham will appease it.
16:15  In the light of the countenance of melech is chayyim, and his favor is like the cloud of a spring rain.
16:16  How much better is it to acquire chochmah than zahav, and acquiring binah (understanding) a better choice than kesef!
16:17  The mesilat yesharim (highway of the upright) is to depart from rah; he that guards his derech is shomer over his nefesh (soul).
16:18  Ga’on (pride) goeth before shever (destruction), and a ruach of haughtiness before a fall.
16:19  Better it is to be of a humble ruach among the anayim, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
16:20  He that wisely heeds the Davar shall find tov (good), and he who trusteth in Hashem, happy is he.
16:21  The chacham lev shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the sfatayim (lips) adds to learning.
16:22  Seichel is a Makor Chayyim unto him that hath it, but the musar (instruction, discipline) of fools is folly.
16:23  The lev chacham guides his peh (mouth), and addeth learning to his sfatayim (lips).
16:24  Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the nefesh, and marpeh (healing) to the atzmot (bones).
16:25  There is a derech that seemeth yashar (right) before an ish, but its acharit (future, latter end) is the drakhei mavet.
16:26  The nefesh (appetite) of the laborer works for him, for his peh (mouth) of hunger driveth him on.
16:27  An ish Beliya’al diggeth up ra’ah, and in his sfatayim (lips) there is as a scorching eish.
16:28  A perverse ish soweth madon (strife, dissension), and a whisperer separateth close friends.
16:29  An ish chamas enticeth his re’a, and leadeth him into the derech that is not good.
16:30  He winking his eynayim to plot perverse things, compressing his sfatayim (lips), bringeth ra’ah to pass.
16:31  The silvery hair is an ateret tiferet; it is found in the derech tzedakah.
16:32  He that is slow to anger is better than the gibbor; and he that ruleth his ruach than he that captures a city.
16:33  The goral is cast into the kheyk (lap), but the whole decision thereof is from Hashem.