Proverbs 16:2-12

2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD.
3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
4 The LORD works out everything to its proper end— even the wicked for a day of disaster.
5 The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD evil is avoided.
7 When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.
8 Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.
10 The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth does not betray justice.
11 Honest scales and balances belong to the LORD; all the weights in the bag are of his making.
12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness.

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Cross References 18

  • 1. S Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 30:12
  • 2. S 1 Samuel 2:3
  • 3. S 2 Chronicles 6:30; Proverbs 20:27; Proverbs 21:2; Luke 16:15
  • 4. S 2 Chronicles 20:20; S Psalms 20:4; Psalms 37:5-6; S Proverbs 3:5-6
  • 5. Exodus 9:16; Isaiah 43:7
  • 6. S 2 Chronicles 34:24; S Psalms 18:18; Romans 9:22
  • 7. S Psalms 40:4; S Proverbs 6:16
  • 8. Proverbs 11:20-21
  • 9. S Genesis 20:11; S Exodus 1:17
  • 10. S Exodus 20:20; Proverbs 14:16
  • 11. S Genesis 39:21
  • 12. Psalms 105:15; Jeremiah 39:12; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 42:12; Daniel 1:9
  • 13. S Psalms 37:16
  • 14. S Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 17:1; Ecclesiastes 4:6
  • 15. S ver 1; S Job 33:29; S Psalms 90:12; Jeremiah 10:23
  • 16. Proverbs 17:7
  • 17. S Proverbs 11:1; Ezekiel 45:10
  • 18. Proverbs 26:28; Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 29:14; Proverbs 31:5
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