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The most popular Bible verses from Proverbs 16 - Page 2

Found 33 Verses (from 11)

Proverbs 16:30

Bible Rank: 9,268
Those who wink with their eyes are plotting perversity; those who purse their lips are bent on evil. NIV
He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass. AMP
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. KJV

Proverbs 16:26

Bible Rank: 13,477
The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on. NIV
The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on. AMP
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. KJV

Proverbs 16:28

Bible Rank: 14,998
The perverse stir up dissension, and gossips separate close friends. NIV
A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. [Prov. 17:9.] AMP
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. KJV

Proverbs 16:2

Bible Rank: 15,653
People may think all their ways are pure, but motives are weighed by the LORD. NIV
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart). [I Sam. 16:7; Heb. 4:12.] AMP
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. KJV

Proverbs 16:7

Bible Rank: 15,754
When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone's way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them. NIV
When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. AMP
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. KJV

Proverbs 16:25

Bible Rank: 16,084
There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. NIV
There is a way that seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death. AMP
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. KJV

Proverbs 16:4

Bible Rank: 16,614
The LORD works out everything to its proper end – even the wicked for a day of disaster. NIV
The Lord has made everything [to accommodate itself and contribute] to its own end and His own purpose--even the wicked [are fitted for their role] for the day of calamity and evil. AMP
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. KJV

Proverbs 16:32

Bible Rank: 16,776
Better a patient person than a warrior, those with self-control than those who take a city. NIV
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city. AMP
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. KJV

Proverbs 16:6

Bible Rank: 17,121
Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD evil is avoided. NIV
By mercy and love, truth and fidelity [to God and man--not by sacrificial offerings], iniquity is purged out of the heart, and by the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord men depart from and avoid evil. AMP
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. KJV

Proverbs 16:1

Bible Rank: 17,925
To human beings belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue. NIV
THE PLANS of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue. AMP
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. KJV

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