Popular Bible Verses from Proverbs 16

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Commit your works to the LORD [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].

A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life], But the LORD directs his steps and establishes them. [Ps 37:23; Prov 20:24; Jer 10:23]

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweet and delightful to the soul and healing to the body.

The plans and reflections of the heart belong to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

He who is slow to anger is better and more honorable than the mighty [soldier], And he who rules and controls his own spirit, than he who captures a city.

Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions], But the LORD weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth]. [1 Sam 16:7; Heb 4:12]

He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good, And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the LORD.

Better is a little with righteousness Than great income [gained] with injustice. [Ps 37:16; Prov 15:16]

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, But its end is the way of death.

A perverse man spreads strife, And one who gossips separates intimate friends. [Prov 17:9]