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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
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- Primary Witness Text: The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work. It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Pride goeth bef...
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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
Proverbs 8's personified Wisdom — present at creation, delighting before God — is cited by early Church Fathers as a window into the eternal Son. The book's practical ethics (sexual integrity, speech, work, generosity) embody a worldview in which creation's design is the source of moral instruction.
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Proverbs 16:1
Hebrew
לְאָדָם מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵב וּמֵיְהוָה מַעֲנֵה לָשֽׁוֹן׃le'adam-ma'arekhey-lev-vmeyehvah-ma'aneh-lashvon
KJV: The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
AKJV: The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
ASV: The plans of the heart belong to man;
YLT: Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.
Exposition: Proverbs 16:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:2
Hebrew
כָּֽל־דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ זַךְ בְּעֵינָיו וְתֹכֵן רוּחוֹת יְהוָֽה׃khal-darekhey-'iysh-zakhe-ve'eynayv-vetokhen-rvchvot-yehvah
KJV: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
AKJV: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.
ASV: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
YLT: All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.
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Proverbs 16:2
Proverbs 16:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:3
Hebrew
גֹּל אֶל־יְהוָה מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וְיִכֹּנוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃gol-'el-yehvah-ma'asheykha-veyikhonv-macheshevoteykha
KJV: Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
AKJV: Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established.
ASV: Commit thy works unto Jehovah,
YLT: Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
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Proverbs 16:3
Verse 3 Commit thy works unto the Lord - See that what thou doest is commanded; and then begin, continue, and end all in his name. And thy thoughts shall be established - these schemes or arrangements, though formed in the heart, are agreeable to the Divine will, and therefore shall be established. His thoughts - his meditations - are right; and he begins and ends his work in the Lord; and therefore all issues well.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:4
Hebrew
כֹּל פָּעַל יְהוָה לַֽמַּעֲנֵהוּ וְגַם־רָשָׁע לְיוֹם רָעָֽה׃khol-fa'al-yehvah-lama'anehv-vegam-rasha'-leyvom-ra'ah
KJV: The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
AKJV: The LORD has made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
ASV: Jehovah hath made everything for its own end;
YLT: All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.
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Verse 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself - He has so framed and executed every part of his creation, that it manifests his wisdom, power, goodness, and truth. Even the wicked for the day of evil - וגם רשע ליום רעה vegam rasha leyom raah. The whole verse is translated by the Chaldee thus: "All the works of the Lord are for those who obey him; and the wicked is reserved for the evil day." As רעה raah literally signifies to feed, it has been conjectured that the clause might be read, yea, even the wicked he feeds by the day, or daily. If we take the words as they stand in our present version, they mean no more than what is expressed by the Chaldee and Spriac: and as far as we can learn from their present confused state, by the Septuagint and Arabic, that "the wicked are reserved for the day of punishment." Coverdale has given, as he generally does, a good sense: "The Lorde dotll all thinges for his owne sake; yea, and when he kepeth the ungodly for the daye of wrath." He does not make the wicked or ungodly man; but when man has made himself such, even then God bears with him. But if he repent not, when the measure of his iniquity is filled up, he shall fall under the wrath of God his Maker.
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Proverbs 16:4
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- Septuagint
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:5
Hebrew
תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה כָּל־גְּבַהּ־לֵב יָד לְיָד לֹא יִנָּקֶֽה׃tvo'avat-yehvah-khal-gevah-lev-yad-leyad-lo'-yinaqeh
KJV: Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
AKJV: Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
ASV: Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah:
YLT: An abomination to Jehovah is every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.
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Verse 5 Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished - The day of wrath shall come on the wicked, whatever means he may take to avoid it. See Pro 11:21.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:6
Hebrew
בְּחֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְכֻפַּר עָוֺן וּבְיִרְאַת יְהוָה סוּר מֵרָֽע׃vechesed-ve'emet-yekhufar-'avn-vveyire'at-yehvah-svr-mera'
KJV: By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
AKJV: By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
ASV: By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
YLT: In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.
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Verse 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged - This may be misunderstood, as if a man, by showing mercy and acting according to truth, could atone for his own iniquity. The Hebrew text is not ambiguous: בחסד ואמת יכפר עון bechesed veemeth yechapper avon; "By mercy and truth he shall atone for iniquity." He - God, by his mercy, in sending his son Jesus into the world, - "shall make an atonement for iniquity" according to his truth - the word which he declared by his holy prophets since the world began. Or, if we retain the present version, and follow the points in יכפר yecuppar, reading "iniquity is purged" or "atoned for," the sense is unexceptionable, as we refer the mercy and the truth to God. But what an awful comment is that of Don Calmet, in which he expresses, not only his own opinion, but the staple doctrine of his own Church, the Romish! The reader shall have his own words: "'L'iniquite se rachete par la misericorde et la verite.' On expie ses pechez par des oeuvres de misericorde envers le prochein; par la clemence, par la douceur, par compassion, par les aumones: et par la verite-par la fidelity, la bonne foi, la droiture, requite dans le commerce. Voyez Pro 3:3, Pro 14:22, Pro 20:28." "'Iniquity is redeemed by mercy and truth.' We expiate our sins by works of mercy towards our neighbor; by clemency, by kindness, by compassion, and by alms: and by truth - by fidelity, by trustworthiness, by uprightness, by equity in commerce." If this be so, why was Jesus incarnated? Why his agony and bloody sweat, his cross and passion, his death and burial, his resurrection and ascension? Was it only to supply a sufficient portion of merit for those who had neglected to make a fund for themselves? Is the guilt of sin so small in the sight of Divine justice, that a man can atone for it by manifesting good dispositions towards his neighbors, by giving some alms, and not doing those things for which he might be hanged? Why then did God make such a mighty matter of the redemption of the world? Why send his Son at all? An angel would have been more than sufficient; yea, even a sinner who had been converted by his own compassion, alms-deeds, etc., would have been sufficient. And is not this the very doctrine of this most awfully fallen and corrupt Church? Has she not provided a fund of merit in her saints, of what was more than requisite for themselves that it might be given, or sold out, to those who had not enough of their own? Now such is the doctrine of the Romish Church - grossly absurd, and destructively iniquitous! And because men cannot believe this, cannot believe these monstrosities, that Church will burn them to ashes. Ruthless Church! degenerated, fallen, corrupt, and corrupting! once a praise now a curse, in the earth. Thank the blessed God, whose blood alone can expiate sin, that he has a Church upon the earth; and that the Romish is not the Catholic Church; and that it has not that political power by which it would subdue all things to itself.
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Proverbs 16:6
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:7
Hebrew
בִּרְצוֹת יְהוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ גַּם־אוֹיְבָיו יַשְׁלִם אִתּֽוֹ׃viretzvot-yehvah-darekhey-'iysh-gam-'voyevayv-yashelim-'itvo
KJV: When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
AKJV: When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
ASV: When a man’s ways please Jehovah,
YLT: When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.
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Verse 7 When a man's ways please the Lord - God is the guardian and defense of all that fear and love him; and it is truly astonishing to see how wondrously God works in their behalf, raising them up friends, and turning their enemies into friends.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:8
Hebrew
טוֹב־מְעַט בִּצְדָקָה מֵרֹב תְּבוּאוֹת בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּֽט׃tvov-me'at-vitzedaqah-merov-tevv'vot-velo'-mishefat
KJV: Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
AKJV: Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
ASV: Better is a little, with righteousness,
YLT: Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 16:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 16:8
Proverbs 16:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:9
Hebrew
לֵב אָדָם יְחַשֵּׁב דַּרְכּוֹ וַֽיהוָה יָכִין צַעֲדֽוֹ׃lev-'adam-yechashev-darekhvo-vayhvah-yakhiyn-tza'advo
KJV: A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
AKJV: A man’s heart devises his way: but the LORD directs his steps.
ASV: A man’s heart deviseth his way;
YLT: The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.
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Verse 9 A man's heart deviseth his way - This is precisely the same sentiment as that contained in the first verse, on the true meaning of which so much has been already said.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:10
Hebrew
קֶסֶם ׀ עַֽל־שִׂפְתֵי־מֶלֶךְ בְּמִשְׁפָּט לֹא יִמְעַל־פִּֽיו׃qesem- -'al-shifetey-melekhe-vemishefat-lo'-yime'al-fiyv
KJV: A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
AKJV: A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.
ASV: A divine sentence is in the lips of the king;
YLT: An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.
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Verse 10 A divine sentence - קסם kesem, "divination," as the margin has it. Is the meaning as follows? Though divination were applied to a righteous king's lips, to induce him to punish the innocent and spare the guilty, yet would not his lips transgress in judgment; so firmly attached is he to God, and so much is he under the Divine care and influence. Whatever judgment such a one pronounces, it may be considered as a decision from God.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:11
Hebrew
פֶּלֶס ׀ וּמֹאזְנֵי מִשְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָה מַעֲשֵׂהוּ כָּל־אַבְנֵי־כִֽיס׃feles- -vmo'zeney-mishefat-layhvah-ma'ashehv-khal-'aveney-khiys
KJV: A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
AKJV: A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
ASV: A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s;
YLT: A just beam and balances are Jehovah's, His work are all the stones of the bag.
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Verse 11 All the weights of the bag are his - Alluding, probably, to the standard weights laid up in a bag in the sanctuary, and to which all weights in common use in the land were to be referred, in order to ascertain whether they were just: but some think the allusion is to the weights carried about by merchants in their girdles, by which they weigh the money, silver and gold, that they take in exchange for their merchandise. As the Chinese take no coin but gold and silver by weight, they carry about with them a sort of small steelyard, by which they weigh those metals taken in exchange.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:12
Hebrew
תּוֹעֲבַת מְלָכִים עֲשׂוֹת רֶשַׁע כִּי בִצְדָקָה יִכּוֹן כִּסֵּֽא׃tvo'avat-melakhiym-'ashvot-resha'-khiy-vitzedaqah-yikhvon-khise'
KJV: It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
AKJV: It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
ASV: It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;
YLT: An abomination to kings is doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.
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Verse 12 It is an abomination to kings, etc. - In all these verses the wise man refers to monarchical government rightly administered. And the proverbs on this subject are all plain.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:13
Hebrew
רְצוֹן מְלָכִים שִׂפְתֵי־צֶדֶק וְדֹבֵר יְשָׁרִים יֶאֱהָֽב׃retzvon-melakhiym-shifetey-tzedeq-vedover-yeshariym-ye'ehav
KJV: Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
AKJV: Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks right.
ASV: Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
YLT: The delight of kings are righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,
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Proverbs 16:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:14
Hebrew
חֲמַת־מֶלֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי־מָוֶת וְאִישׁ חָכָם יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃chamat-melekhe-male'akhey-mavet-ve'iysh-chakham-yekhaferenah
KJV: The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
AKJV: The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
ASV: The wrath of a king isasmessengers of death;
YLT: The fury of a king is messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.
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Proverbs 16:14 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:15
Hebrew
בְּאוֹר־פְּנֵי־מֶלֶךְ חַיִּים וּרְצוֹנוֹ כְּעָב מַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ve'vor-feney-melekhe-chayiym-vretzvonvo-khe'av-maleqvosh
KJV: In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
AKJV: In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
ASV: In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
YLT: In the light of a king's face is life, And his good-will is as a cloud of the latter rain.
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Proverbs 16:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:16
Hebrew
קְֽנֹה־חָכְמָה מַה־טּוֹב מֵחָרוּץ וּקְנוֹת בִּינָה נִבְחָר מִכָּֽסֶף׃qenoh-chakhemah-mah-tvov-mecharvtz-vqenvot-viynah-nivechar-mikhasef
KJV: How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
AKJV: How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
ASV: How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!
YLT: To get wisdom--how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
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Verse 16 How much better - to get wisdom than gold? - Who believes this, though spoken by the wisest of men, under Divine inspiration?
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:17
Hebrew
מְסִלַּת יְשָׁרִים סוּר מֵרָע שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ נֹצֵר דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃mesilat-yeshariym-svr-mera'-shomer-nafeshvo-notzer-darekhvo
KJV: The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
AKJV: The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
ASV: The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:
YLT: A highway of the upright is , `Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.
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Verse 17 The highway of the upright - The upright man is ever departing from evil; this is his common road: and by keeping on in this way, his soul is preserved.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:18
Hebrew
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁבֶר גָּאוֹן וְלִפְנֵי כִשָּׁלוֹן גֹּבַהּ רֽוּחַ׃lifeney-shever-ga'von-velifeney-khishalvon-govah-rvcha
KJV: Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
AKJV: Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
ASV: Pridegoethbefore destruction,
YLT: Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.'
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Verse 18 Pride goeth before destruction - Here pride is personified: it walks along, and has destruction in its train. And a haughty spirit before a fall - Another personification. A haughty spirit marches on, and ruin comes after. In this verse we find the following Masoretic note in most Hebrew Bibles. חצי הספר chatsi hassepher: "the middle of the book." This verse is the middle verse; and the first clause makes the middle of the words of the book of Proverbs.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:19
Hebrew
טוֹב שְׁפַל־רוּחַ אֶת־עניים עֲנָוִים מֵֽחַלֵּק שָׁלָל אֶת־גֵּאִֽים׃tvov-shefal-rvcha-'et-'nyym-'anaviym-mechaleq-shalal-'et-ge'iym
KJV: Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
AKJV: Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
ASV: Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,
YLT: Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
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Proverbs 16:19 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:20
Hebrew
מַשְׂכִּיל עַל־דָּבָר יִמְצָא־טוֹב וּבוֹטֵחַ בַּיהוָה אַשְׁרָֽיו׃mashekhiyl-'al-davar-yimetza'-tvov-vvvotecha-vayhvah-'asherayv
KJV: He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
AKJV: He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.
ASV: He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good;
YLT: The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.
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Proverbs 16:20 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:21
Hebrew
לַחֲכַם־לֵב יִקָּרֵא נָבוֹן וּמֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יֹסִיף לֶֽקַח׃lachakham-lev-yiqare'-navvon-vmeteq-shefatayim-yosiyf-leqach
KJV: The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
AKJV: The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
ASV: The wise in heart shall be called prudent;
YLT: To the wise in heart is called, `Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.
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Proverbs 16:21 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:22
Hebrew
מְקוֹר חַיִּים שֵׂכֶל בְּעָלָיו וּמוּסַר אֱוִלִים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃meqvor-chayiym-shekhel-ve'alayv-vmvsar-'eviliym-'ivelet
KJV: Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
AKJV: Understanding is a wellspring of life to him that has it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
ASV: Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it;
YLT: A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.
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Verse 22 Understanding is a well-spring of life - מקור חיים mekor chaiyim; another allusion to the artery that carries the blood from the heart to distribute it to all the extremities of the body.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:23
Hebrew
לֵב חָכָם יַשְׂכִּיל פִּיהוּ וְעַל־שְׂפָתָיו יֹסִיף לֶֽקַח׃lev-chakham-yashekhiyl-fiyhv-ve'al-shefatayv-yosiyf-leqach
KJV: The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
AKJV: The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
ASV: The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
YLT: The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,
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Verse 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth - He has a wise heart; he speaks as it dictates; and therefore his speeches are all speeches of wisdom.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:24
Hebrew
צוּף־דְּבַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹעַם מָתוֹק לַנֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּא לָעָֽצֶם׃tzvf-devash-'imerey-no'am-matvoq-lanefesh-vmarefe'-la'atzem
KJV: Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
AKJV: Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
ASV: Pleasant words areas a honeycomb,
YLT: Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.
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Verse 24 Pleasant words are as a honey-comb - The honey of which is sweeter than that which has been expressed from it, and has a much finer flavour before it has come in contact with the atmospheric air.
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:25
Hebrew
יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי־אִישׁ וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת׃yesh-derekhe-yashar-lifeney-'iysh-ve'achariytah-darekhey-mavet
KJV: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
AKJV: There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
ASV: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,
YLT: There is a way right before a man, And its latter end--ways of death.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 16:25Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 16:25
Proverbs 16:25 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 16:25
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Proverbs 16:25
Exposition: Proverbs 16:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:26
Hebrew
נֶפֶשׁ עָמֵל עָמְלָה לּוֹ כִּֽי־אָכַף עָלָיו פִּֽיהוּ׃nefesh-'amel-'amelah-lvo-khiy-'akhaf-'alayv-fiyhv
KJV: He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
AKJV: He that labors labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.
ASV: The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;
YLT: A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 16:26Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 16:26
Verse 26 He that laboureth - No thanks to a man for his labor and industry; if he do not work he must starve.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 16:26
Source lane
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:27
Hebrew
אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל כֹּרֶה רָעָה וְעַל־שפתיו שְׂפָתוֹ כְּאֵשׁ צָרָֽבֶת׃'iysh-veliya'al-khoreh-ra'ah-ve'al-shftyv-shefatvo-khe'esh-tzaravet
KJV: An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
AKJV: An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
ASV: A worthless man deviseth mischief;
YLT: A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips--as a burning fire.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 16:27Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 16:27
Verse 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil - How will the following suit? Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum "Wealth, the incitement to all evil, is digged up out the earth." A wicked man labors as much to bring about an evil purpose, as the quarryman does to dig up stones. In his lips - a burning fire - His words are as inflammable, in producing strife and contention among his neighbors, as fire is in igniting dry stubble.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Proverbs 16:27
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Wealth
Exposition: Proverbs 16:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:28
Hebrew
אִישׁ תַּהְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּח מָדוֹן וְנִרְגָּן מַפְרִיד אַלּֽוּף׃'iysh-tahefukhvot-yeshalach-madvon-veniregan-maferiyd-'alvf
KJV: A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
AKJV: A fraudulent man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.
ASV: A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;
YLT: A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 16:28Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 16:28
Proverbs 16:28 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Proverbs 16:28
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Proverbs 16:28
Exposition: Proverbs 16:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:29
Hebrew
אִישׁ חָמָס יְפַתֶּה רֵעֵהוּ וְהוֹלִיכוֹ בְּדֶרֶךְ לֹא־טֽוֹב׃'iysh-chamas-yefateh-re'ehv-vehvoliykhvo-vederekhe-lo'-tvov
KJV: A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
AKJV: A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into the way that is not good.
ASV: A man of violence enticeth his neighbor,
YLT: A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 16:29Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Proverbs 16:29
Proverbs 16:29 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 16:29
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Proverbs 16:29
Exposition: Proverbs 16:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:30
Hebrew
עֹצֶה עֵינָיו לַחְשֹׁב תַּהְפֻּכוֹת קֹרֵץ שְׂפָתָיו כִּלָּה רָעָֽה׃'otzeh-'eynayv-lacheshov-tahefukhvot-qoretz-shefatayv-khilah-ra'ah
KJV: He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
AKJV: He shuts his eyes to devise fraudulent things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
ASV: He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things:
YLT: Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 16:30Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 16:30
Verse 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise, etc. - He meditates deeply upon ways and means to commit sin. He shuts his eyes that he may shut out all other ideas, that his whole soul may be in this.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 16:30
Source lane
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Exposition: Proverbs 16:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:31
Hebrew
עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת שֵׂיבָה בְּדֶרֶךְ צְדָקָה תִּמָּצֵֽא׃'ateret-tife'eret-sheyvah-vederekhe-tzedaqah-timatze'
KJV: The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
AKJV: The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
ASV: The hoary head is a crown of glory;
YLT: A crown of beauty are grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 16:31Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 16:31
Verse 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory - The latter part of the verse is very well added, for many a sinner has a hoary head.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 16:31
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Exposition: Proverbs 16:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:32
Hebrew
טוֹב אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם מִגִּבּוֹר וּמֹשֵׁל בְּרוּחוֹ מִלֹּכֵד עִֽיר׃tvov-'erekhe-'afayim-migivvor-vmoshel-vervchvo-milokhed-'iyr
KJV: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
AKJV: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
ASV: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
YLT: Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 16:32Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 16:32
Verse 32 He that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city - It is much easier to subdue an enemy without than one within. There have been many kings who had conquered nations, and yet were slaves to their own passions. Alexander, who conquered the world, was a slave to intemperate anger, and in a fit of it slew Clytus, the best and most intimate of all his friends, and one whom he loved beyond all others. The spirit of this maxim is so self-evident, that most nations have formed similar proverbs. The classical reader will remember the following in Hor., Odar. lib. ii., Od. 2: - Latius regnes, avidum domando Spiritum, quam si Libyam remotis Gadibus jungas, et uterque Poenus Serviat uni. "By virtue's precepts to control The furious passions of the soul, Is over wider realms to reign, Unenvied monarch, than if Spain\\ You could to distant Libya join, And both the Carthages were thine." Francis. And the following from Ovid is not less striking: - Fortior est qui se, quam qui fortissima vincit Moenia, nec virtus altius ire potest. "He is more of a hero who has conquered himself, than he who has taken the best fortfied city." Beyond this self-conquest the highest courage can not extend; nor did their philosophy teach any thing more sublime.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 16:32
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
- Philo
- Alexander
- Clytus
- Hor
- Odar
- Od
- Spiritum
- Francis
- Moenia
Exposition: Proverbs 16:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 16:33
Hebrew
בַּחֵיק יוּטַל אֶת־הַגּוֹרָל וּמֵיְהוָה כָּל־מִשְׁפָּטֽוֹ׃vacheyq-yvtal-'et-hagvoral-vmeyehvah-khal-mishefatvo
KJV: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
AKJV: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
ASV: The lot is cast into the lap;
YLT: Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah is all its judgment!
Commentary WitnessProverbs 16:33Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 16:33
Verse 33 The lot is cast into the lap - On the lot, see the note on Num 26:55. How far it may be proper now to put difficult matters to the lot, after earnest prayer and supplication, I cannot say. Formerly, it was both lawful and efficient; for after it was solemnly cast, the decision was taken as coming immediately from the Lord. It is still practiced, and its use is allowed even by writers on civil law. But those who need most to have recourse to the lot are those who have not piety to pray nor faith to trust to God for a positive decision. The lot should never be resorted to in indifferent matters; they should be those of the greatest importance, in which it appears impossible for human prudence or foresight to determine. In such cases the lot is an appeal to God, and he disposes of it according to his goodness, mercy, and truth. The result, therefore, cannot be fortuitous.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 16:33
Source lane
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Num 26:55
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ray
- Formerly
- Lord
Exposition: Proverbs 16:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Proverbs 16:1
- Proverbs 16:2
- Proverbs 16:3
- Proverbs 16:4
- Proverbs 16:5
- Proverbs 16:6
- Proverbs 16:7
- Proverbs 16:8
- Proverbs 16:9
- Proverbs 16:10
- Proverbs 16:11
- Proverbs 16:12
- Proverbs 16:13
- Proverbs 16:14
- Proverbs 16:15
- Proverbs 16:16
- Proverbs 16:17
- Proverbs 16:18
- Proverbs 16:19
- Proverbs 16:20
- Proverbs 16:21
- Proverbs 16:22
- Proverbs 16:23
- Proverbs 16:24
- Proverbs 16:25
- Proverbs 16:26
- Proverbs 16:27
- Proverbs 16:28
- Proverbs 16:29
- Proverbs 16:30
- Proverbs 16:31
- Proverbs 16:32
- Num 26:55
- Proverbs 16:33
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Ray
- Lord
- Chaldee
- Bible
- Lorde
- Coverdale
- Barker
- Cambridge
- Breeches Bible
- Italian
- Geneva
- Signore
- Spriac
- Arabic
- Maker
- Ovid
- Jesus
- Or
- Don Calmet
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Alluding
- Hebrew Bibles
- Proverbs
- Wealth
- Philo
- Alexander
- Clytus
- Hor
- Odar
- Od
- Spiritum
- Francis
- Moenia
- Formerly
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1 Timothy
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Titus
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James
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1 Peter
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1 John
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Jude
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Commentary Witness
Proverbs 16:1
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Canonical locus
Proverbs 16:1
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