Proverbs 16

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Proverbs 16 is the chapter about plans and the LORD. It opens with the heart's plans and the LORD's reply, returns to the theme in verse 9, "a man's heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps," and closes with the lot cast into the lap whose every decision is from the LORD. Between those bookends it addresses kings and justice, wisdom worth more than gold, and pride that goes before destruction, and it offers some of the book's gentlest lines: pleasant words are a honeycomb, gray hair is a crown of glory, and the person slow to anger is better than a warrior.

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Proverbs 16 is bracketed by two sayings about the limits of human control. It begins: the plans of the heart belong to a person, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD. It ends: the lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. In between, verse 9 says it most memorably, the heart plans the course and the LORD determines the steps. This is not a chapter against planning; it tells the reader to commit works to the LORD so that plans succeed. It is a chapter about where the outcome lies. The middle of the chapter turns to kings, whose verdicts should carry divine justice and whose favor is like a spring rain cloud, and to the comparative worth of things: wisdom over gold, a little with righteousness over great gain with injustice, lowliness among the humble over dividing spoil with the proud. Then comes the line everyone knows, pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall, and a line everyone should: pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. The chapter also repeats the warning about the way that seems right but ends in death, and it closes its portrait of strength with a surprise. The one who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and the one who rules his temper is greater than the one who takes a city.

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Proverbs 16:1-9 Proverbs 16:16-19 Proverbs 16:24-25 Proverbs 16:32-33 James 4:13-15

Historical and literary context

The chapter sits at the center of the Solomonic collection and marks a shift in emphasis. Where earlier chapters contrast the righteous and the wicked, chapter 16 speaks more often of the LORD directly, especially in its first nine verses, and of kings in verses 10 to 15, reflecting the court setting in which Proverbs was compiled. Its sayings about honest scales, royal verdicts, and messengers of death belong to a world of monarchy and marketplace, and its confidence that the lot's decision comes from the LORD reflects Israel's practice of casting lots to discern God's will.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 9 form a cluster about human planning and divine sovereignty, including committing works to the LORD, motives weighed by him, pride detested by him, and enemies made peaceable by him. Verses 10 to 15 concern the king: verdicts, justice, honest speech, wrath, and favor. Verses 16 to 24 praise wisdom over gold, warn of pride before a fall, and commend humility, instruction, discernment, and pleasant words. Verses 25 to 33 gather sayings on the way that seems right, the worker's appetite, worthless and violent men, gray hair, the slow to anger, and the lot.

Why this chapter matters

Proverbs 16:9 and 16:33 are the Bible's classic statements that human beings plan and God directs, quoted wherever people think about providence and free will. Verse 18, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall," is one of the most quoted lines in the book and has entered common speech. Verse 3, "Commit your works to the LORD," is a favorite for beginnings. Verse 32 reorders a whole culture's idea of heroism: self-control outranks conquest. And verse 24, pleasant words as honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing to the bones, is one of Scripture's finest observations about the power of kind speech.

Interpretive tension to watch

Verse 4 says the LORD has made everything for his purpose, "even the wicked for the day of disaster." Does the chapter teach that God creates people for destruction, or that even wickedness serves his purposes in the end? Read with verse 5, which holds the proud responsible, and verse 6, where iniquity is atoned for by loving devotion, the chapter affirms both God's sovereignty and human accountability without collapsing one into the other.

Pertanyaan untuk pasal ini

  • Verse 9 says the heart plans and the LORD determines the steps. How does that shape the way you make plans, and the way you respond when they change?
  • Verse 2 says all a man's ways are pure in his own eyes but the LORD weighs motives. What motive would you least want weighed?
  • Why does the chapter rank someone slow to anger above a warrior who captures a city?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

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1 마음의 경영은 사람에게 있어도 말의 응답은 여호와께로서 나느니라 2 사람의 행위가 자기 보기에는 모두 깨끗하여도 여호와는 심령을 감찰하시느니라 3 너의 행사를 여호와께 맡기라 그리하면 너의 경영하는 것이 이루리라 4 여호와께서 온갖 것을 그 씌움에 적당하게 지으셨나니 악인도 악한 날에 적당하게 하셨느니라 5 무릇 마음이 교만한 자를 여호와께서 미워하시나니 피차 손을 잡을지라도 벌을 면치 못하리라 6 인자와 진리로 인하여 죄악이 속하게 되고 여호와를 경외함으로 인하여 악에서 떠나게 되느니라 7 사람의 행위가 여호와를 기쁘시게 하면 그 사람의 원수라도 그로 더불어 화목하게 하시느니라 8 적은 소득이 의를 겸하면 많은 소득이 불의를 겸한 것보다 나으니라 9 사람이 마음으로 자기의 길을 계획할지라도 그 걸음을 인도하는 자는 여호와시니라 10 하나님의 말씀이 왕의 입술에 있은즉 재판할 때에 그 입이 그릇하지 아니하리라 11 공평한 간칭과 명칭은 여호와의 것이요 주머니 속의 추돌들도 다 그의 지으신 것이니라 12 악을 행하는 것은 왕의 미워할 바니 이는 그 보좌가 공의로 말미암아 굳게 섬이니라 13 의로운 입술은 왕들의 기뻐하는 것이요 정직히 말하는 자는 그들의 사랑을 입느니라 14 왕의 진노는 살륙의 사자와 같아도 지혜로운 사람은 그것을 쉬게하리라 15 왕의 희색에 생명이 있나니 그 은택이 늦은 비를 내리는 구름과 같으니라 16 지혜를 얻는 것이 금을 얻는 것보다 얼마나 나은고 명철을 얻는 것이 은을 얻는 것보다 더욱 나으니라 17 악을 떠나는 것은 정직한 사람의 대로니 그 길을 지키는 자는 자기의 영혼을 보전하느니라 18 교만은 패망의 선봉이요 거만한 마음은 넘어짐의 앞잡이니라 19 겸손한 자와 함께하여 마음을 낮추는 것이 교만한 자와 함께 하여 탈취물을 나누는 것보다 나으니라 20 삼가 말씀에 주의하는 자는 좋은 것을 얻나니 여호와를 의지하는 자가 복이 있느니라 21 마음이 지혜로운 자가 명철하다 일컬음을 받고 입이 선한 자가 남의 학식을 더하게 하느니라 22 명철한 자에게는 그 명철이 생명의 샘이 되거니와 미련한 자에게는 그 미련한 것이 징계가 되느니라 23 지혜로운 자의 마음은 그 입을 슬기롭게 하고 또 그 입술에 지식을 더하느니라 24 선한 말은 꿀송이 같아서 마음에 달고 뼈에 양약이 되느니라 25 어떤 길은 사람의 보기에 바르나 필경은 사망의 길이니라 26 노력하는 자는 식욕을 인하여 애쓰나니 이는 그 입이 자기를 독촉함이니라 27 불량한 자는 악을 꾀하나니 그 입술에는 맹렬한 불 같은 것이 있느니라 28 패려한 자는 다툼을 일으키고 말장이는 친한 벗을 이간하느니라 29 강포한 사람은 그 이웃을 꾀어 불선한 길로 인도하느니라 30 눈을 감는 자는 패역한 일을 도모하며 입술을 닫는 자는 악한 일을 이루느니라 31 백발은 영화의 면류관이라 의로운 길에서 얻으리라 32 노하기를 더디하는 자는 용사보다 낫고 자기의 마음을 다스리는 자는 성을 빼앗는 자보다 나으니라 33 사람이 제비는 뽑으나 일을 작정하기는 여호와께 있느니라

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