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Proverbs 16:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

9 The human heart plans the way,
    but the Lord directs the steps.[a](A)
10 An oracle is upon the king’s lips,
    no judgment of his mouth is false.[b]
11 Balance and scales belong to the Lord;
    every weight in the sack is his concern.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:9 As in vv. 1–3, the antithesis is between human plans and divine disposal. The saying uses the familiar metaphor of path for the course of life.
  2. 16:10 Six sayings on the king and his divine authority begin here, following the series of sayings about the Lord’s governance in 15:33–16:9, in which “Lord” was mentioned nine times.
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