WEBVTT 00:00.680 --> 00:05.800 Chapter 16 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, 00:06.060 --> 00:06.680 is from the Lord. 00:07.460 --> 00:12.560 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the Lord weigheth the spirits. 00:13.640 --> 00:17.180 Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. 00:18.040 --> 00:22.660 The Lord hath made all things for himself, yea, even the wicked, for the day of evil. 00:23.280 --> 00:26.660 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord. 00:26.660 --> 00:30.460 Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 00:31.260 --> 00:36.460 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the Lord men depart 00:36.460 --> 00:37.100 from evil. 00:38.700 --> 00:42.700 When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace 00:42.700 --> 00:43.100 with him. 00:44.460 --> 00:48.320 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. 00:49.120 --> 00:53.460 A man's heart diviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps. 00:54.340 --> 00:59.740 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king, his mouth transgresseth not in 00:59.740 --> 01:00.060 judgment. 01:01.440 --> 01:05.520 A just weight and balance are the Lord's, all the weights of the bag are his work. 01:06.620 --> 01:10.780 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established 01:10.780 --> 01:11.460 by righteousness. 01:12.740 --> 01:16.240 Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh right. 01:17.140 --> 01:22.280 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it. 01:23.200 --> 01:27.880 In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the 01:27.880 --> 01:28.480 latter rain. 01:29.400 --> 01:33.520 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to get understanding rather to 01:33.520 --> 01:34.600 be chosen than silver. 01:35.740 --> 01:38.220 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. 01:38.980 --> 01:41.320 He that keepeth his way, preserveth his soul. 01:42.380 --> 01:46.500 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. 01:47.240 --> 01:51.680 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil 01:51.680 --> 01:52.340 with the proud. 01:53.660 --> 01:58.440 He that handleth the matter wisely shall find good, and whoso trusteth in the Lord, 01:59.040 --> 02:00.000 happy is he. 02:00.880 --> 02:05.460 The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth 02:05.460 --> 02:05.880 learning. 02:07.340 --> 02:11.340 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it, but the instruction of 02:11.340 --> 02:12.580 fools is folly. 02:13.460 --> 02:18.060 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 02:19.120 --> 02:23.100 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones. 02:24.560 --> 02:29.260 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of 02:29.260 --> 02:29.560 death. 02:30.660 --> 02:34.880 He that laboreth, laboreth for himself, for his mouth craveth it of him. 02:36.080 --> 02:39.940 An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning 02:39.940 --> 02:40.400 fire. 02:40.400 --> 02:45.500 A froward man soweth strife, and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 02:46.340 --> 02:50.420 A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not 02:50.420 --> 02:50.800 good. 02:51.780 --> 02:56.100 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things, moving his lips he bringeth evil 02:56.100 --> 02:56.640 to pass. 02:57.380 --> 03:00.900 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of 03:00.900 --> 03:01.280 righteousness. 03:02.520 --> 03:07.160 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit 03:07.160 --> 03:08.640 than he that taketh a city. 03:09.440 --> 03:14.460 The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.