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Book of Proverbs, Chapter 16

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Chapter 16 of Proverbs—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ To earthling man[a] belong the arrangings of the heart,1 but from Jehovah is the answer of the tongue.2
  2. ¶ All the ways of a man[b] are pure in his own eyes,3 but Jehovah is making an estimate of spirits.4
  3. ¶ Roll your works upon Jehovah himself5 and your plans will be firmly established.6
  4. ¶ Everything Jehovah has made for his purpose,7 yes, even the wicked one for the evil day.8
  5. ¶ Everyone that is proud in heart is something detestable to Jehovah.9 Hand [may join] to hand, [yet] one will not be free from punishment.10
  6. ¶ By loving-kindness[c] and trueness error is atoned for,11 and in the fear of Jehovah one turns away from bad.12
  7. ¶ When Jehovah takes pleasure in the ways of a man13 he causes even his enemies themselves to be at peace with him.14
  8. ¶ Better is a little with righteousness15 than an abundance of products without justice.[d]16
  9. ¶ The heart of earthling man may think out his way,17 but Jehovah himself does the directing of his steps.18
  10. ¶ Inspired decision should be upon the lips of a king;19 in judgment his mouth should not prove unfaithful.20
  11. ¶ The just indicator and scales belong to Jehovah;21 all the stone weights of the bag are his work.22
  12. ¶ The doing of wickedness is something detestable to kings,23 for by righteousness is the throne firmly established.24
  13. ¶ The lips of righteousness are a pleasure to a grand king;[e]25 and the speaker of upright things he loves.26
  14. ¶ The rage of a king means messengers of death,27 but the wise man is one that averts it.[f]28
  15. ¶ In the light of the king’s face there is life,29 and his goodwill is like the cloud of spring rain.30
  16. ¶ The getting of wisdom is O how much better than gold!31 And the getting of understanding is to be chosen more than silver.32
  17. ¶ The highway of the upright ones is to turn away from bad.33 One who is safeguarding his way is keeping his soul.34
  18. ¶ Pride is before a crash,35 and a haughty spirit[g] before stumbling.36
  19. ¶ Better is it to be lowly in spirit[h] with the meek ones[i]37 than to divide spoil with the self-exalted ones.38
  20. ¶ He that is showing insight in a matter will find good,39 and happy is he that is trusting in Jehovah.40
  21. ¶ The one that is wise in heart will be called understanding,41 and he that is sweet in [his] lips adds persuasiveness.42
  22. ¶ To its owners insight is a well of life;43 and the discipline of the foolish ones is foolishness.44
  23. ¶ The heart of the wise one causes his mouth to show insight,45 and to his lips it adds persuasiveness.46
  24. ¶ Pleasant sayings are a honeycomb,47 sweet to the soul and a healing to the bones.48
  25. ¶ There exists a way that is upright before a man,49 but the ways of death are the end of it afterward.50
  26. ¶ The soul[j] of the hard worker has worked hard for him,51 because his mouth has pressed him hard.52
  27. ¶ A good-for-nothing man[k] is digging up what is bad,53 and upon his lips there is, as it were, a scorching fire.54
  28. ¶ A man of intrigues keeps sending forth contention,55 and a slanderer is separating those familiar with one another.56
  29. ¶ A man of violence will seduce his fellow,57 and certainly causes him to go in a way that is not good.58
  30. He is blinking with his eyes to scheme up intrigues.59 Pinching his lips together, he certainly brings mischief to completion.
  31. ¶ Gray-headedness is a crown of beauty60 when it is found in the way of righteousness.61
  32. ¶ He that is slow to anger is better than a mighty man,62 and he that is controlling his spirit than the one capturing a city.63
  33. ¶ Into the lap the lot is cast down,64 but every decision by it is from Jehovah.65

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “To earthling man.” Heb., leʼa·dhamʹ.
  2. ^ “All the ways of a man.” Heb., kal-dar·kheh-ʼishʹ.
  3. ^ Or, “loyal love.”
  4. ^ Or, “judgment.”
  5. ^ “A grand king.” Lit., “kings,” pl. to denote majesty, as in vs 12.
  6. ^ Lit., “he will cover it.” Heb., yekhap·perenʹnah.
  7. ^ Lit., “height (haughtiness) of spirit.” Heb., goʹvah ruʹach.
  8. ^ Lit., “lowness of spirit.” Heb., shephal-ruʹach.
  9. ^ “Meek ones,” Mmargin; M, “afflicted ones.”
  10. ^ Or, “soulful desire.”
  11. ^ Lit., “A man of belial.” Heb., ʼish beli·yaʹʽal.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ps 21:11; Pr 16:9; 19:21; 20:24; 1Co 7:37
  2. ^ Ex 4:11; Je 1:9; Mt 10:20; Lu 12:12; 21:15
  3. ^ 1Sa 15:13; Ps 36:2; Pr 21:2; 30:12; Je 17:9; Lu 18:11
  4. ^ 1Sa 2:3; 16:7; Pr 24:12; Lu 16:15
  5. ^ Ps 37:5; 55:22; Mt 6:33; Pp 4:6; 1Pe 5:7
  6. ^ 2Sa 7:5, 13
  7. ^ Is 43:21; Re 4:11
  8. ^ Ex 14:4; Ro 9:21; 2Pe 2:9
  9. ^ Jb 40:12; Pr 6:17; 8:13; 21:4
  10. ^ Pr 15:25; Is 3:11; Ro 2:8
  11. ^ 2Ch 19:3; Ac 3:19
  12. ^ Ge 20:11; Ne 5:9; Pr 8:13; 14:26; 2Co 7:1
  13. ^ Col 1:10; 1Pe 3:9; 1Jo 3:22
  14. ^ Ge 31:24; Ex 34:24; Je 15:11; Ro 8:31
  15. ^ Ps 37:16; Pr 15:16; 1Ti 6:6
  16. ^ Pr 21:6; Je 17:11; Mc 6:10
  17. ^ Pr 16:1; 19:21
  18. ^ Ps 51:10; Pr 16:3; 20:24; Je 10:23
  19. ^ De 17:18; 2Sa 23:2; 1Ki 3:28; Ps 72:1
  20. ^ Ps 72:14; Pr 29:4
  21. ^ Le 19:36; Pr 11:1; Eze 45:10
  22. ^ De 25:13; Pr 20:10; Mc 6:11
  23. ^ Pr 14:35; 20:26; Lu 12:48
  24. ^ Pr 25:5; 29:14; Re 19:11
  25. ^ Ps 101:6
  26. ^ Pr 22:11
  27. ^ 1Sa 22:18; 1Ki 2:29; Pr 19:12; 20:2; Da 3:13
  28. ^ Ec 9:15; 10:4
  29. ^ Jb 29:24; Ac 2:28
  30. ^ Jb 29:23; Ps 72:6; Pr 19:12; Ho 6:3
  31. ^ Ps 119:127; Pr 8:10; Ec 7:12
  32. ^ Pr 3:14; 4:7
  33. ^ Pr 4:27
  34. ^ Pr 10:9; Ac 10:35; Heb 10:39
  35. ^ Pr 11:2; 17:19; 18:12; Da 4:30; 5:22
  36. ^ Es 3:5; 5:11; Da 4:31
  37. ^ Ec 7:8; Is 57:15; Je 9:24
  38. ^ 1Sa 30:16
  39. ^ Ge 41:39; Pr 13:15
  40. ^ 1Ch 5:20; Ps 34:8; 146:5; 1Ti 4:10
  41. ^ 1Ki 3:12; Pr 4:7; Ro 16:19
  42. ^ Ec 12:10; Lu 4:22; 2Co 5:11; Col 4:6
  43. ^ Pr 14:27; 15:24; Jn 4:14
  44. ^ Pr 1:7; 15:28
  45. ^ Ps 37:30; Pr 22:17, 18; Mt 12:35
  46. ^ Jn 6:68; Ac 19:26; Col 3:16
  47. ^ Ps 19:10; 119:103
  48. ^ Pr 3:8; 4:22; 12:18; 17:22
  49. ^ Mt 7:22; Jn 9:41; 16:2; Ac 26:9
  50. ^ Pr 5:4; 14:12
  51. ^ Ec 6:7; Eph 4:28; 1Th 4:11
  52. ^ Pr 18:20; Ec 6:7
  53. ^ Pr 6:14; Da 6:4
  54. ^ Ps 52:4; Jm 3:6
  55. ^ Pr 6:14; Ga 5:20; Jm 3:16
  56. ^ Ge 3:1; 1Sa 24:9; Pr 18:8; Ro 16:17; 2Co 12:20
  57. ^ Pr 1:10; 2Pe 3:17
  58. ^ 1Sa 19:17; Ne 6:13
  59. ^ Ps 35:19; Pr 6:13
  60. ^ Le 19:32; Jb 32:7; Pr 20:29
  61. ^ 1Sa 12:2; Ps 71:18; 92:14; Is 46:4
  62. ^ Pr 14:29; Ga 5:22; Jm 1:19
  63. ^ Pr 25:28; Ro 12:21
  64. ^ Nu 26:55; Jos 18:10; Pr 18:18; Ac 1:26
  65. ^ 1Sa 14:41; Ac 1:24

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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