Wisdom, Prosperity, Or Foolishness

Proverbs 16:11 Honest weights and scales are the LORD’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.

God detest dishonesty. Deut. 25:13-16 “You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God is giving you. 16 For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

Proverbs 16:12-13 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, For a throne is established by righteousness. Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And they love him who speaks what is right.

Good principles and actions preserve and even exalt a society, their absence shames a society.

Proverbs 16:14-15 NLT The anger of the king is a deadly threat;the wise will try to appease it. 15 When the king smiles, there is life; his favor refreshes like a spring rain.

Kings are powerful, so people are wise to avoid their anger and gain their favor.

Proverbs 16:16 How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

You can have gold and silver and stay stupid, but if you have understanding you will be wise. Wisdom and good judgement lead to wealth, but wealth cannot buy wisdom.

Proverbs 16:17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

This plain road represents the habitual course of the righteous, and as long as you stay on this road you will stay safe.

Psalm 91:1NLT Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Who’s safety for? Those who stay on the path.

Proverbs 16:18-20 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud. 20 He who heeds the word wisely will find good, And whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

Spiritual pride is ‘one’ who resist God, and stubbornly relies on their own strength.

Vs.20...And whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

Proverbs 16: 21-23 The wise in heart will be called prudent, And sweetness of the lips increases learning. 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it. But the correction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, And adds learning to his lips.

Honeyed words reflect intelligence, judiciousness and discernment in speech. The advice from the understanding brings blessings. (wellspring of life.) Fools can’t be corrected, but the wise are always learning.

Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

Pleasant words will heal the mind,soul and body.

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Man’s way at best, brings death.

Proverbs 16:26 The person who labors, labors for himself, For his hungry mouth drives him on.