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Proverbs 16:22-33 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

22. A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner, but the instruction of fools is folly.

23. The heart of the wise will make his mouth judicious, and upon his lips, it will add persuasiveness.

24. Pleasant sayings are a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

25. There is a way that seems upright to a man, but its end is the way of death.

26. The life of a worker works for him, for his hunger urges him.

27. A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips are like a scorching fire.

28. A person of perversity will spread dissent, and he who whispers separates a close friend.

29. A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way that is not good.

30. He who winks his eyes does so in order to plan perverse things; he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.

31. A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

32. He who is slow to anger is better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

33. The lot will be cast into the lap, but all of its decisions are from Yahweh.