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16 To people belong the plans of the heart,
but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD .
² All the ways of people
are pure in their eyes,
but the LORD tests the motives.
³ Commit your work to the LORD ,
and your plans will succeed.
⁴ The LORD made everything for a purpose,
even the wicked for an evil day.
⁵ The LORD detests all who are arrogant;
they surely won’t go unpunished.
⁶ Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt;
the fear of the LORD turns away evil.
⁷ When a person’s path draws favor from the LORD ,
even their enemies are at peace with them.
⁸ Better a little with righteousness
than great profits without justice.
⁹ People plan their path,
but the LORD secures their steps.
¹⁰ A king’s speech is like an oracle;
in a judgment, one can’t go against his words.
¹¹ Honest balances and scales are the LORD ’s;
all the weights in the bag are his doing.
¹² Kings detest wicked deeds,
for their thrones are founded on righteousness.
¹³ Kings favor those with righteous lips;
they love words of integrity.
¹⁴ The king’s anger is a messenger of death;
the wise will calm him.
¹⁵ There’s life in the light of the king’s face.
His favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.
¹⁶ Acquiring wisdom is much better than gold,
and acquiring understanding is better than silver.
¹⁷ The road of those who do right turns away from evil;
those who protect their path guard their lives.
¹⁸ Pride comes before disaster,
and arrogance before a fall.
¹⁹ Better to be humble with the needy
than to divide plunder with the proud.
²⁰ Those with insight find prosperity;
those who trust the LORD are blessed.
²¹ The skilled mind is called discerning,
and pleasant speech enhances teaching.
²² One who has insight is a fountain of life,
but the instruction of the foolish is folly.
²³ The mind of the wise makes their speech insightful
and enhances the teaching of their lips.
²⁴ Pleasant words are flowing honey,
sweet to the taste and healing to the bones.
²⁵ There is a path that may seem straight to someone,
but in the end it is the path of death.
²⁶ The appetite of workers labors for them,
for their hunger presses them on.
²⁷ Worthless people dig up trouble;
their lips are like a scorching fire.
²⁸ Destructive people produce conflict;
gossips alienate close friends.
²⁹ Violent people entice their neighbors
and walk them down a path that isn’t good.
³⁰ Those who wink their eye plot destruction;
those who purse their lips plan evil.
³¹ Gray hair is a crown of glory;
it is found on the path of righteousness.
³² Better to be patient than a warrior,
and better to have self-control than to capture a city.
³³ The dice are cast into the lap;
all decisions are from the LORD .

17 Better a dry crust with quiet
than a house full of feasting with quarrels.
² An insightful servant rules over a disgraceful son
and will divide an inheritance
with the brothers.
³ A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold,
but the LORD tests the heart.
⁴ An evildoer pays attention to guilty lips;
a liar listens to a destructive tongue.
⁵ Those who mock the poor insult their maker;
those who rejoice in disaster won’t go unpunished.
⁶ Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the glory of children is their parents.
⁷ Too much talking isn’t right for a fool;
even less so false speech for an honorable person.
⁸ A bribe seems magical in the eyes of those who give it,
granting success to all who use it.
⁹ One who seeks love conceals an offense,
but one who repeats it divides friends.
¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
than a hundred lashes to a fool.
¹¹ Evil people seek only rebellion;
a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
¹² Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than fools in their folly.
¹³ Evil will never depart from the house
of those who return evil for good.
¹⁴ The start of a quarrel is like letting out water,
so drop the dispute before it breaks out.
¹⁵ Judging the righteous wicked and the wicked righteous—
the LORD detests both of these.
¹⁶ Why should a fool have money
to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.
¹⁷ Friends love all the time,
and kinsfolk are born for times of trouble.
¹⁸ One with no sense shakes hands on a deal,
securing a loan for a friend.
¹⁹ Those who love an offense love a quarrel;
those who build a high doorway invite a collapse.
²⁰ Those with crooked hearts won’t prosper,
and those with twisted tongues will fall into trouble.
²¹ Having a fool for a son brings grief;
there’s no joy for a scoundrel’s father.
²² A joyful heart helps healing,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
²³ The wicked take secret bribes
to twist the way of justice.
²⁴ Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding,
but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.
²⁵ A foolish son is irritating to his father
and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
²⁶ It isn’t good to punish the righteous,
to strike the honorable for their integrity.
²⁷ Wise are those who restrain their talking;
people with understanding are coolheaded.
²⁸ Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise;
those who shut their lips are smart.

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