Proverbs 16:1-9

The Lord Directs Our Steps

¶ 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.