PROVERBS CHAPTER 16.
V. 7. When a man’s ways please the Lord, when Yahweh finds that a person’s conduct, the objects which he has in mind, and the means which he uses to accomplish them, are in accordance with His will, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him, causing them to abandon their hostile attitude and even to take his part.
V. 8. Better is a little with righteousness, small possessions gained and kept with a good conscience, than great revenues, a large income and great wealth, without right, having been gained by oppression and iniquity.
V. 9. A man’s heart deviseth his way, reflecting most carefully on his conduct, considering as best he can what might be best for him to do; but the Lord directeth his steps, the result and the end are the Lord’s, and the best suggestion is that a Christian from the beginning place himself under God’s guidance; for “man proposes, but God disposes.”