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Proverbs 16:1-12 English Revised Version (ERV)

1. The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

3. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

4. The LORD hath made every thing 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 the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

6. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

7. When a man's ways please the LORD, 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 the LORD 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 the LORD'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.

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