Proverbs 16                                                           Book of Proverbs        

Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

• Preparations = arrangements or your mind that plans things
• To man pertain the plans of his heart, but from God comes the final decree, may be well rendered "the last word"
• Answer, which is a word of wide meaning.
• Tongue for what is said by it.
• The silent and secret plans of man's heart are contrasted with the disclosures of the tongue, which which come from God.

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

• Clean = pure
• Own eyes = Conscience is no safe guide, for it depends on what a man believes.
• Weighteth with moral and spiritual weights
• God wants you to love Him, and keep His commandments
• Judge yourself, not others

3 Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

• Thoughts = plans to do what's right, in God's word, keep His commandments

4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

• Himself = same word as "answer"
• Verse 1 = His decree, or His own end
• The wicked = a lawless one
• 2 Peter 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
  6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
• The first earth age
• Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
  24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
  25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
  26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
  27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
  28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
  29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

• Proud heart, mind, that thinks they are better than anyone else

6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

• Mercy = loving-kindness or grace
• Purged = covered: by a propitiatory covering

7 When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

• If you please the Lord, God will see that your enemies are at peace with you

8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

• It's better to have a little, than to rip someone off and have a lot of money.

9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

• Deviseth his way = directeth his steps

10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

• A divine sentence = comes from God
• Lips = put by (of cause) for what is uttered by them
• Transgresseth not: or, will not be unfaithful

11 A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

• Work = something made: His ordinance
• The shekel was the shekel "of the sanctuary"
• Unjust weights = ripping people off
• Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
• 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
  12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
  13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
  14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.
• A ''plummet'' is a tin stone
• It's a plumb bob weighting heavily on the end of a string
• The weight will keep the string straight with no varying from the right to the left.
• You see in this 10th verse the 7000 that pick up the plummet and bring the people out of confusion.
• They, the 7000, are the eye of God
• Likewise, they shall neither turn right or left but go straight, following the truth of God's plan.

12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

• If he commit abominations, he not going to be king long

13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

• They love, or, kings love the words of rightness

14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

• Pacify it = get it covered

15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

• Latter rain = which brings forth the harvest
• The more you study God's word, God's going to give you the latter rain.
• Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
• Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
• Question of Disciples
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• The Mysteries, the secrets or the things hither to kept secret.
• Because it is given unto, "those that will be doer", "those that will act on it", and  teach the word.
• It is given to them that want to study and teach God's word
• If you can just get one to hears God's word and the seed will grow, it is important to God.
• Cloud = heavy cloud, specially valuable, falling just before harvest

16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

• You can have all the silver in the world, but without wisdom your going to be ripped off

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

• Be on the highway to Christ
• Don't be on the road to hate = Satan's ways
• Watch the media, they are trying to divided us
• Many Americans are angry and frustrated at this point, but most of the anger and frustration is directed at one another.
• Be wiser than the serpent, for Satan children are working overtime at this time. (Genesis 3)

18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

• An haughty spirit  = Drug dealers..etc..

19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.

• Trusteth = confideth

21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

• Heart for understanding or discernment

22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

• Fool folly = in Hebrew evil
• If you listen to fool, you're be a bigger fool than him

23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

• Teacheth = make wise

24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• Words = sayings
• Health = healing
• Bones = for whole body
• Sweet truth of God's word

25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

• A man will work hard to feed his family

27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

• An ungodly man = A man of Belial

28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

• Soweth = sendeth forth

29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

• Than he that taketh a city = Even if the city had been taken, which it was not

33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

• God always has the last words.
• Disposing = judgment
• God gave true judgment or decision
• Lot = stone
• Cast lot by priests = this is not a law any more
• You don't need a priest to forgive our sins anymore
• You ask Father in Jesus name, to forgive our sins anytime.

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

 

•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

 

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25