✧The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. ✧2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits. ✧3Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established. ✧4Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. ✧5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished. ✧6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil. ✧7When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. ✧8Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice. ✧9A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps. ✧10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment. ✧11A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work. ✧12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness. ✧13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right. ✧14The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it. ✧15In the light of the king’s countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain. ✧16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver. ✧17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. ✧18Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. ✧19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud. ✧20He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he. ✧21The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. ✧22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly. ✧23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips. ✧24Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. ✧25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death. ✧26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto]. ✧27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire. ✧28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends. ✧29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good. ✧30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass. ✧31The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness. ✧32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. ✧33The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.