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Proverbs 16:9-19

9 People plan their path, but the LORD secures their steps.

9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.

10 A king's speech is like an oracle; in a judgment, one can't go against his words.

10 The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth does not betray justice.

11 Honest balances and scales are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are his doing.

11 Honest scales and balances belong to the LORD; all the weights in the bag are of his making.

12 Kings detest wicked deeds, for their thrones are founded on righteousness.

12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness.

13 Kings favor those with righteous lips; they love words of integrity.

13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks what is right.

14 The king's anger is a messenger of death; the wise will calm him.

14 A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it.

15 There's life in the light of the king's face. His favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.

15 When a king’s face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

16 Acquiring wisdom is much better than gold, and acquiring understanding is better than silver.

16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!

17 The road of those who do right turns away from evil; those who protect their path guard their lives.

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

18 Pride comes before disaster, and arrogance before a fall.

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

19 Better to be humble with the needy than to divide plunder with the proud.

19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.