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Proverbs 16:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1114

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 17

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1114; w07 5/15 17;

    ad 1607; w46 10

Proverbs 16:2

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, pp. 17-18

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 17-18;

    g64 8/8 7; w63 151; w55 506; w44 246

Proverbs 16:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Verses Explained, article 40

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/2011, pp. 29-30

    5/15/2007, p. 18

  • Publications Index

    ijwbv article 40; w11 2/1 29-30; w07 5/15 18;

    w78 5/1 21-25

Proverbs 16:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1181

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, pp. 18-19

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1181; w07 5/15 18-19;

    w82 8/1 13-14; po 17-18, 77; ad 1654; g69 1/22 28; w54 671

Proverbs 16:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    5/2019, p. 24

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w19.05 24; w07 5/15 19;

    w80 8/1 19-20; w65 313; bf 261; ni 26

Proverbs 16:6

Footnotes

  • *

    16:6 Or one steers clear of harm

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 19;

    g62 3/22 5; w42 187

Proverbs 16:7

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 19;

    yy 170; w73 157

Proverbs 16:8

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 19

Proverbs 16:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 857

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, pp. 19-20

    School Guidebook, p. 75

  • Publications Index

    it-1 857; w07 5/15 19-20; sg 75;

    w71 141; ad 728; w46 11

Proverbs 16:10

Footnotes

  • *

    16:10 Lit. is

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 20

Proverbs 16:11

Footnotes

  • *

    16:11 Codd. Steelyard and just scales are Jehovah’s;

  • *

    16:11 Lit. all bag-stones

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 20

Proverbs 16:12

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 20

Proverbs 16:13

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 20;

    w64 633; pw 29; w47 139

Proverbs 16:14

Footnotes

  • *

    16:14 Lit. is messengers

  • *

    16:14 Or but a wise man

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    w07 5/15 20;

    w72 742

Proverbs 16:15

Footnotes

  • *

    16:15 Or In the light of a king’s presence there is life, and acceptance by him is like Lit. In the shining of a king’s face

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 255, 730

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    it-2 255, 730; w07 5/15 20;

    ad 1068, 1369; w33 165

Proverbs 16:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 8

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 8

Proverbs 16:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 8

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 8;

    w31 311

Proverbs 16:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1045

    Awake!,

    10/2014, p. 5

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, pp. 8-9

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1045; g 10/14 5; w07 7/15 8-9;

    w76 451-452; w71 181; g68 8/8 4; w65 313; w64 634; bf 261; g62 12/22 3; w60 388; w58 570; w57 430

Proverbs 16:19

Footnotes

  • *

    16:19 Codd.* one lowly of spirit

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 9

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 9;

    w65 453

Proverbs 16:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2011, p. 25

    7/15/2007, pp. 9-10

    6/1/1993, pp. 20-21

  • Publications Index

    w11 6/15 25; w07 7/15 9-10; w93 6/1 20-21;

    w73 493, 504

Proverbs 16:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, pp. 9-10

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 9-10;

    g75 1/8 10; w73 504; w47 138

Proverbs 16:22

Footnotes

  • *

    16:22 Lit. who have it

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 629

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, pp. 9-10

  • Publications Index

    it-1 629; w07 7/15 9-10

Proverbs 16:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, pp. 9-10

    3/15/1999, pp. 15-16

    8/1/1993, p. 4

    Knowledge, p. 143

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 9-10; w99 3/15 15-16; kl 143; w93 8/1 4;

    w83 6/1 16; g75 1/8 10-11; w73 504; w47 138

Proverbs 16:24

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1135

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 10

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1135; w07 7/15 10;

    w79 11/15 28; g78 10/22 19; w67 302; w66 355; w60 339; w47 138

Proverbs 16:25

Footnotes

  • *

    16:25 Var. is roads to death

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, pp. 10-11

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 10-11;

    w63 103, 676

Proverbs 16:26

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 11

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 11

Proverbs 16:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 832

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 11

  • Publications Index

    it-1 832; w07 7/15 11;

    w74 269; g61 12/22 3; w60 140; w47 133, 139

Proverbs 16:28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 51

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 11

    10/15/1989, p. 13

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 51; w07 7/15 11; w89 10/15 13;

    w60 140, 332; w47 133

Proverbs 16:29

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, pp. 11-12

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 11-12;

    g79 10/22 9

Proverbs 16:30

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, pp. 11-12

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 11-12

Proverbs 16:31

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 553-554, 995

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 549

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 12

    1/15/2005, pp. 8-9

    3/15/1993, p. 29

    2/1/1989, p. 4

  • Publications Index

    it-1 553, 995; it-2 549; w07 7/15 12; w05 1/15 8-9; w93 3/15 29; w89 2/1 4;

    g79 6/22 9; w77 157; g72 1/22 22-23; ad 399; w61 91, 566

Proverbs 16:32

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Questions Answered, article 152

    Awake!,

    No. 3 2019, p. 6

    10/22/2001, pp. 13-14

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 12

    7/1/1987, p. 5

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 152; g19.3 6; w07 7/15 12; g01 10/22 13-14; w87 7/1 5;

    w80 2/15 26-27; w80 12/15 3; g80 5/8 24; g74 5/22 28; w72 68; g70 5/22 12; is 144; w65 260; g64 6/8 3; g63 1/8 3; g62 2/8 4; w61 366; w60 73, 146; w57 430

Proverbs 16:33

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 12

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 12;

    li 164; w61 566; w54 95

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Proverbs 16:1-33

Proverbs

16 Man’s are cogitations of the heart,

but from Jehovah is the answer for the tongue.

2 A man feels as if all his courses were irreproachable,

but Jehovah gauges spirits.

3 Turn your affairs over to Jehovah

and have your plans confirmed.

4 Jehovah made everything to play its part,

and even a wrong-doer for a day of disaster.

5 Any pretentious man is what Jehovah detests;

hand on hand he will not be cleared.

6* By friendliness and loyalty guilt is purged,

and by fearing Jehovah one avoids what is bad.

7 When Jehovah approves a man’s courses

he makes even his enemies live on good terms with him.

8 Better a little by right

than a large income by injustice.

9 Man’s heart plans his course

but Jehovah places his steps.

10* Clairvoyance sits on a king’s lips;

in giving judgment his mouth will not play false.

11** Steelyard and scales are matter for Jehovah’s judgment;

all standard weights are his work.

12 The doing of wrong is a thing kings abominate,

because it is by right that a throne is made firm.

13 Right-speaking lips are what a king approves,

and one who speaks straightforwardly he loves.

14** A king’s ire means messengers of death,

and a wise man will appease it.

15* In cheerfulness on a king’s face there is life,

and his approval is like a spring rain-cloud.

16 Get wisdom; how much better it is than hard gold!

and getting discretion is preferable to silver.

17 Avoidance of evil is straightforward men’s highway;

he who watches his course is guarding his life.

18 Pride goes before a crash

and a pretentious spirit before a tumble.

19* Better lowliness of spirit in humble men’s company

than dividing booty with proud men.

20 One who handles a matter cannily will have good results;

but one who trusts in Jehovah, happy he!

21 A wise-hearted man will be called a sage,

but pleasingness of lips will add to influence.

22* The insight of those who have insight is a fountain of life, but ignoramuses’ lecturing is ignorance.

23 A wise man’s heart makes his mouth skillful

and adds to the influence of his lips.

24 Pleasant words are a comb of honey,

sweetness for the palate and health for the bones.

25* There is such a thing as a road that lies smooth before a man

but the last part of it is the recesses of death.

26 A hardworking man’s appetite works for him,

because his mouth sees to his working.

27 A reprobate is a furnace of harm

and has on his lip what is like a searing fire.

28 A mischief-maker starts quarrels

and a scandalmonger alienates a bosom friend.

29 A scoundrel inveigles his friend

and makes him take a course there is no good in.

30 One who shuts his eyes tight is thinking up mischief;

one who moves his lips has got up something bad.

31 White hair is a magnificent coronet;

it will be found by a course of right-doing.

32 A patient man is better than a champion fighter,

and one who has command over his spirit than one who takes a city.

33 The lot is tossed in the fold of your mantle,

but every decision it gives is from Jehovah.

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