Bible Verses about 'Proverbs 16:16'
- How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. - All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,
but Yahweh weighs the motives. - Commit your deeds to Yahweh,
and your plans shall succeed. - Better is a little with righteousness,
than great revenues with injustice. - A man’s heart plans his course,
but Yahweh directs his steps. - He who heeds the Word finds prosperity.
Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed. - Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. - A perverse man stirs up strife.
A whisperer separates close friends. - One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city. - Children’s children are the crown of old men;
the glory of children is their parents. - Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool,
much less do lying lips fit a prince. - He who covers an offense promotes love;
but he who repeats a matter separates best friends. - A friend loves at all times;
and a brother is born for adversity. - A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. - Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise.
When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning. - A fool has no delight in understanding,
but only in revealing his own opinion. - A fool’s lips come into strife,
and his mouth invites beatings. - The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
they go down into a person’s innermost parts. - Yahweh’s name is a strong tower:
the righteous run to him, and are safe. - The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. - Before destruction the heart of man is proud,
but before honor is humility. - A man’s gift makes room for him,
and brings him before great men. - Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit. - Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,
and obtains favor of Yahweh. - A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. - He who gets wisdom loves his own soul.
He who keeps understanding shall find good. - House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from Yahweh. - He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. - There are many plans in a man’s heart,
but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail. - That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness.
A poor man is better than a liar. - It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling. - It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication,
then later to consider his vows. - Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but Yahweh weighs the hearts. - To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. - He who follows after righteousness and kindness
finds life, righteousness, and honor. - There are those who covet greedily all day long;
but the righteous give and don’t withhold. - A good name is more desirable than great riches,
and loving favor is better than silver and gold. - The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
is wealth, honor, and life. - Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it. - The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender. - Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint. - Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. - My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad, even mine. - The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. - So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul.
If you have found it, then there will be a reward:
Your hope will not be cut off. - Like a city that is broken down and without walls
is a man whose spirit is without restraint. - Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother. - A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. - Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance. - Like water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.
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