Proverbs 16:1-15 ▼

1 A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.

2 A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.

3 Commytte thy workes vnto ye LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it shal prospere.

4 The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake, yee & when he kepeth ye vngodly for ye daye of wrath.

5 The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous & proude hertes, there maye nether strength ner power escape.

6 With louynge mercy & faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth ye LORDE eschueth euell.

7 When a mans wayes please ye LORDE, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

8 Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

9 A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.

10 When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

11 A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.

12 It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.

13 Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.

14 The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.

15 The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe.