Proverbs 16 — TOJB

16Verse 1The plans of the lev belong to adam,
and the answer of the lashon is from Hashem.
^{Verse 2}All the drakhei ish are pure in his own eynayim,
but Hashem weigheth the ruchot.
^{Verse 3}Commit thy ma'asim (works) unto Hashem,
and thy plans shall be established.
^{Verse 4}Hashem works out all things for Himself,
indeed, even the rasha (wicked) for the Yom Ra'ah (day of evil).
^{Verse 5}Every one that is proud in lev
is to'evat Hashem;
though yad join in yad, he shall not go unpunished.
^{Verse 6}By chesed and emes avon is purged,
and by the Yirat Hashem men depart from rah.
^{Verse 7}When drakhei ish please Hashem,
He maketh even his oyevim to be in shalom with him.
^{Verse 8}Better is a little with tzedakah
than great revenues without mishpat (justice).
^{Verse 9}The lev adam plans his derech,
but Hashem directeth his steps.
^{Verse 10}A kesem (oracle) is on the sfatayim (lips) of Melech,
his peh (mouth) must not betray mishpat.
^{Verse 11}A just weight and balance are Hashemʼs,
all the weights of the bag are His concern.
^{Verse 12}It is to'evat melachim to commit resha (wickedness),
for the kisse is established through tzedakah.
^{Verse 13}Sfatayim (lips) of tzedek are the delight of melachim;
and they love him that speaketh yesharim (upright things).
^{Verse 14}The wrath of a melech is as malachim of mavet,
but an ish chacham will appease it.
^{Verse 15}In the light of the countenance of melech is chayyim,
and his favor is like the cloud of a spring rain.
^{Verse 16}How much better is it to acquire chochmah than gold,
and acquiring binah (understanding) a better choice than kesef!
^{Verse 17}The mesilat yesharim (highway of the upright)
is to depart from rah;
he that guards his derech is shomer over his nefesh (soul).
^{Verse 18}Ga'on (pride) goeth before shever (destruction),
and a ruach of haughtiness before a fall.
^{Verse 19}Better it is to be of a humble ruach among the anayim,
than to divide the plunder with the proud.
^{Verse 20}He that wisely heeds the Davar shall find tov (good),
and he who trusteth in Hashem, happy is he.
^{Verse 21}The chacham lev shall be called prudent,
and the sweetness of the sfatayim (lips) adds to learning.
^{Verse 22}Seichel is a Makor Chayyim unto him that hath it,
but the musar (instruction, discipline) of fools is folly.
^{Verse 23}The lev chacham guides his peh (mouth),
and addeth learning to his sfatayim (lips).
^{Verse 24}Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
sweet to the nefesh, and marpeh (healing) to the atzmot (bones).
^{Verse 25}There is a derech that seemeth yashar (right) before an ish,
but its acharit (future, latter end) is the drakhei mavet.
^{Verse 26}The nefesh (appetite) of the laborer works for him,
for his peh (mouth) of hunger driveth him on.
^{Verse 27}An ish Beliya'al diggeth up ra'ah,
and in his sfatayim (lips) there is as a scorching eish.
^{Verse 28}A perverse ish soweth madon (strife, dissension),
and a whisperer separateth close friends.
^{Verse 29}An ish chamas enticeth his re'a,
and leadeth him into the derech that is not good.
^{Verse 30}He winking his eynayim to plot perverse things,
compressing his sfatayim (lips),
bringeth ra'ah to pass.
^{Verse 31}The silvery hair is an ateret tiferet;
it is found in the derech tzedakah.
^{Verse 32}He that is slow to anger
is better than the gibbor;
and he that ruleth his ruach
than he that captures a city.
^{Verse 33}The goral is cast into the kheyk (lap),
but the whole decision thereof is from Hashem.