Proverbs 16:14-33 ▼

14 The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

15 The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.

16 To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

17 The path of the ryghteous is to eschewe euyll, and who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.

18 Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.

19 Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude.

20 He that handleth a matter wisely obteyneth good: and blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde.

21 Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

22 Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

23 A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.

25 There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

26 A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto.

27 An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.

28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

29 A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good:

30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.

31 Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.

32 A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.

33 The lottes are cast into the lappe: but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde.