Build Your Bible Habit-Proverbs Chapter 16

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

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Welcome back to chapter 16 on Build Your Bible Habit. Every chapter of Proverbs includes life instructions that help us to handle matters wisely (Prov. 16:20). The Word of God is sufficient to guide us in every aspect of our lives, but we need to know what it says in order to follow the guidance. Do you trust God so much with your life that you pray for direction and then only want His will? "Thy will be done" is an essential part of the prayer pattern that Christ left us in Matthew 6:9-13. Proverbs 16:3 is another way of saying, "Thy will be done." When we commit our works to the Lord, He makes us stable, secure, and steadfast. "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established." (Proverbs 16:3) Building your Bible habit with a daily Proverb will increase your wisdom and understanding as you yield your plans to God and apply His Word to your life. Book Club Selections in the Shop Apply: Living What We Learn--31-Day Devotional by Francie Taylor What Do I Have to Lose?-Book 2 Devotional by Janice Wolfe Herbs for the Heart: A Study of James by Kathy Ashley From Overwhelmed to Overcomer by Natalie Raynes Blanton Ponder the Path: A 31-Day Devotional by Francie Taylor Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor Follow Keep the Heart on Instagram Like Keep the Heart on Facebook "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established." (Proverbs 16:3)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Proverbs chapter 16 on Build Your Bible Habit. This chapter opens with the reality that God knows why we do, what we do.
0:10.4	Sometimes we're not even completely clear or even honest about our motives, so God uses his word to shine the light on any dark areas that need to change.
0:20.2	God not only knows our motives, but he knows the
0:23.3	best direction for our lives. Let's dive into chapter 16. Proverbs chapter 16, the preparations of the
0:33.2	heart in man and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of man are clean in his own
0:39.6	eyes, but the Lord weieth the spirits. Commit thy works unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall be
0:46.4	established. The Lord hath made all things for himself, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
0:53.7	Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord,
0:58.0	though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
1:02.0	By mercy and truth, iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the Lord, men depart from evil.
1:09.0	When a man's ways pleased the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace
1:13.6	with him. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart
1:20.9	deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king, his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
1:31.3	A just weight and balance are the lords. All the weights of the bag are his work.
1:37.1	It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
1:43.8	Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh right.
1:49.3	The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
1:55.2	In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain. How much better is it to get
2:03.0	wisdom than gold, and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver? The highway of the upright is to
2:10.1	depart from evil, he that keepeth his way, preserveth his soul. Pride goeth before destruction,
2:17.4	and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of an
2:21.9	humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud. He that handleth a matter wisely
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