### American Standard Version

Proverbs 15

## The Proverbs

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

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