Proverbs
16
Pro 16:1 The preparations of the heart [dhh1] in man, and the answer
of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Pro 16:2 All the
ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Pro 16:3 Commit thy
works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Pro 16:4 The LORD
hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of
evil.
Pro 16:5 Every one that
is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join
in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Pro 16:6 By mercy
and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart
from evil.
Pro 16:7 When a
man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his
enemies to be at peace with him.
Pro 16:8 Better is a little[dhh2] with righteousness than great revenues without
right.
Pro 16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth
his steps.
Pro 16:10 A divine
sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth
not in judgment.
Pro 16:11 A just
weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are
his work.
Pro 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is
established by righteousness.
Pro 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Pro 16:14 The wrath
of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify
it.
Pro 16:15 In the
light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour
is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Pro 16:16 How much
better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to
get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Pro 16:17 The
highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his
soul.
Pro 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit
before a fall.
Pro 16:19 Better it
is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with
the proud.
Pro 16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools
is folly.
Pro 16:23 The heart
of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Pro 16:24 Pleasant words are
as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Pro 16:25 There is a way [dhh3] that seemeth
right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Pro 16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself;
for his mouth craveth it of him.
Pro 16:27 An
ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there
is as a burning fire.
Pro 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a
whisperer separateth chief friends.
Pro 16:29 A
violent man enticeth his neighbour,
and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Pro 16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward
things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Pro 16:31 The hoary
head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of
righteousness.
Pro 16:32 He
that is slow to anger[dhh4] is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh a
city.
Pro 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is
of the LORD.
Bible Lesson: (15 minutes)
(The Lord Jesus is the
“Just weight”)
Pro 16:11 A just
weight<68> and balance are the LORD's: all the
weights of the bag are his work.
Pro 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Isa 26:7 The way of the just is
uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh<68> the path of the just.
Leviticus 19:35-37
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights<68>, a
just ephah, and a just hin,
shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land
of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my
statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
It is
interesting that the Hebrew word for “weight” is the same Hebrew word for
“stone”
H68 אבן ' eben
We see
that this just weight / stone points to Christ
Isa 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay
in Zion for a foundation a stone<68>, a tried stone<68>, a precious corner stone,
a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18
17 For our
light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh
for us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory; (just weight)
18 While we look not at the things which are seen,
but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are
temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Job 31:5-6
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot
hath hasted to deceit;
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine
integrity.
The
False weight & balance
Pro 11:1 A false
balance is abomination to the LORD: but a
just weight<68> is his delight.
Pro 20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Deuteronomy 25:13-16
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers
weights[DH5] <68>, a great and a small.
14 Thou shalt not have
in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just
weight<68>, a perfect and just measure shalt
thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy
God giveth thee.
16 For all that do such things, and all
that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto
the LORD thy God.
Example of
a false balance & divers weights – the idol makers
Isaiah 46:5 To whom will ye liken me,
and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Isaiah 46:6 They lavish
gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a
goldsmith; and he maketh
it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Isaiah 46:7 They bear him upon the
shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth;
from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can
he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Weightier
of the law = judgment, mercy, faith = just weight
Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and
anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters
of the law, judgment, mercy, and
faith:
these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Balances
of Deceit
Amos 8:4-7
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even
to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we
may sell corn? and the sabbath,
that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small,
and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances
by deceit[DH6] ?
Daniel 5:25-28
25 And this is the writing that was
written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of the thing:
MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 TEKEL; Thou
art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the
Medes and Persians.
Psa 34:10 The young lions do lack,
and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD
shall not want any good thing.
True
believers - Lay aside every unjust weight
Hebrews 12:1-2
1 Wherefore seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
lay aside every weight[dhh7] , and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our
faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Zechariah 5:5-8
Weight of lead – judgment,
wicked ephah
5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth,
and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see
what is this that goeth forth.
6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This
is their resemblance through all the earth.
7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of
lead (unjust weight): and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah[DH8] .
8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he
cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight<68> of lead
upon the mouth thereof.
Just Weight
2Sa 14:26 And when he polled his
head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the
hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the
king's
weight<68>[DH9] .
Ezekiel 45:9-11
Weightier of the law = judgment
and justice
9 Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your
exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
11 The ephah and the
bath shall be of one measure[DH10] , that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer[DH11] : the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
Job wanted
to be weighed with an even balance and a just weight
Job 6:2-4
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed,
and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are
swallowed up.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are
within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit:
the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 31:5-6
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot
hath hasted to deceit;
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine
integrity.
Balances
of Deceit
Amos 8:4-7
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even
to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we
may sell corn? and the sabbath,
that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small,
and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances
by deceit[DH12] ?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the
needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency
of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Hosea 12:2-7
Babylon … the controversy … with balances of deceit
2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob
according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb,
and by his strength he had power with God:
4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and
prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in
Bethel, and there he spoke with us;
5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is
his memorial.
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God:
keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his
hand: he loveth to oppress.
Ezekiel 45:9-11
9 Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and
execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah,
and a just bath.
11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one
measure,
that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer[DH13] : the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
The wicked are
weighed and found to be heavy (under condemnation)
Pro 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand
weighty[DH14] ; but a fool's wrath is
heavier[DH15] < H3515> than them both.
Psa 58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Daniel 5:25-28
25 And this is the writing that was
written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of the thing:
MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 TEKEL; Thou
art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the
Medes and Persians.
Thumbs up, Thumbs down game (Crowns)
Exodus 25:11 And thou shalt
overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt
thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of
gold round about.
Exodus 25:24 And thou shalt
overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Exodus 25:25 And thou shalt
make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round
about.
Exodus 29:6 And thou shalt
put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown
upon the mitre.
Exodus 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within
and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Exodus
39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO
THE LORD.
Leviticus 8:9 And he put the mitre
upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden
plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 21:12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor
profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God
is upon him: I am the LORD.
2 Samuel 1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him,
because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took
the crown that was upon his head, and
the bracelet that was on his arm, and
have brought them hither unto my lord.
2 Samuel 12:30 And he took their king's crown from off
his head, the weight whereof was a
talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set
on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
2 Samuel 14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so
much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the
crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Kings 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and
put the crown upon him, and gave him the
testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their
hands, and said, God save the king.
1
Chronicles 20:2 And David took the crown of their king
from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set
upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
2
Chronicles 23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and
put upon him the crown, and gave him the
testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his
sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
Esther 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the
women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight
more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and
made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther 8:15
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of
blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine
linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced
and was glad.
Job 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and
taken the crown from my head.
Psalms 8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than
the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Psalms 21:3
For thou preventest
him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a
crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy
servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it
to the ground.
Psalms 103:4
Who redeemeth
thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Proverbs 4:9
She shall give to thine
head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as
rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent
are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 14:24
The crown of the wise is their riches: but
the foolishness of fools is folly.
Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the
drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is
a fading flower, which are on the head
of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Isaiah 28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of
Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Isaiah 28:5
In that day shall the LORD of hosts be
for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his
people,
Isaiah 62:3
Thou shalt also
be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of
thy God.
Jeremiah 13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen,
Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
Lamentations
5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Ezekiel 16:12
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and
earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
Ezekiel 21:26 Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be
the same: exalt him that is low, and
abase him that is high.
Ezekiel 23:42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort
were brought Sabeans
from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns
upon their heads.
Nahum 3:17
Thy crowned are as the locusts,
and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the
cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where
they are.
Zechariah 9:16
And the LORD their God shall save them in
that day as the flock of his people: for they shall
be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
Matthew 27:29 And when they had platted a crown of
thorns, they put it upon his head, and a
reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him,
saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
Mark 15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and
platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
John 19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of
thorns, and put it on his head, and they
put on him a purple robe,
John 19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown
of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate
saith unto them, Behold the man!
Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed
for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my
dearly beloved.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is
our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are
not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:
and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Hebrews 2:7
Thou madest him a
little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with
glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of
thy hands:
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower
than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for
every man.
James 1:12
Blessed is
the man that endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them
that love him.
1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear,
ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not
away.
Revelation 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried;
and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will
give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which
thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation
9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and
on their heads were as it were crowns
like gold, and their faces were as the
faces of men.
Revelation 12:1
And there appeared a great wonder in
heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her
head a crown of twelve stars:
Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in
heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and
seven crowns upon his heads.
Revelation
13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw
a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his
horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Revelation 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and
upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son
of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Revelation 19:12
His eyes were
as a flame of fire, and on his head were
many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
1
Corinthians 9:25 And every man that striveth
for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
2 Timothy 2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Proverbs 16:31
The hoary head is
a crown of glory, if it be found in the
way of righteousness.
Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are
the crown of old men; and the glory of children are
their fathers.
Revelation 4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I
saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on
their heads crowns of gold.
Revelation
4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before
him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth
for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the
throne, saying,
Revelation 6:2
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and
he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth
conquering, and to conquer.
Luk 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his
heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil
man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth
forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of
the heart his mouth speaketh.
Pro 16:23 The heart
of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Pro 16:19 Better it
is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with
the proud.
Pro 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Pro 15:17 Better is
a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
Psa 37:16 A little
that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Pro 20:10
Divers weights, and divers
measures, both of
them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Pro
20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Micah 6:9-13
9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the
city, and the man of wisdom shall see
thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of
the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
11 Shall I count them pure
with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights<68>?
12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the
inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
Revelation 17:3-11
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a
woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and
decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her
hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was
a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints,
and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with
great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I
will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was,
and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition:
and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in
the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast
that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind
which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he
cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth,
and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
The measure of faith, one faith, one
spirit, one baptism, etc…
Christ is the “one measure”
Rom 12:3 For I say,
through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think;
but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt
to every man the measure of faith.
Ephesians 4:4-6
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye
are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith,
one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is
above all, and through all, and in you all.
Isaiah 40:12-15
12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counselor hath taught him?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Fools wrath = Grief, Grievous (under
wrath)
Job 6:2-3
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Job 23:2 Even today is my
complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my
groaning.
Exo 9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous < H3515>, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Iniquities are heavy
Psa 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.