Revised Version 1885

Proverbs 16:1-11 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

1. The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

3. Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

4. The Lord hath made every thing for its own end: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

5. Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

6. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

8. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

9. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

10. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

11. A just balance and scales are the Lord'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.