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Proverbs 15:33–16:6
Proverbs 15:33–16:63 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 15:33 The fear of Yahweh is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
- B 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from Yahweh.
- C 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weigheth the spirits.
- D 16:3 Commit thy works unto Yahweh, and thy thoughts shall be established.
- C' 16:4 Yahweh hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- B' 16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
- A' 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
