Proverbs 16:5 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Proverbs 16:5–9

Read Proverbs 16:5 with 16:5–9. Read alone, “Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD:…” could turn a compressed observation, warning, comparison, or command into a guarantee or complete policy. The full unit establishes: opens with “Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the…” and develops the line through “though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished”; by 16:9, it uses contrastive parallelism to place “A man’s heart deviseth his way” against “the LORD directeth his steps”. Together the unit concentrates on reverent accountability before the LORD, humility, teachability, pride, and reputation, generosity, neighbor-care, and material responsibility within “First Solomonic sentence-saying collection.”

Why This Verse Appears Here

Proverbs 16:5–9 forms a reviewed local cluster inside “First Solomonic sentence-saying collection.” Its lines concentrate on reverent accountability before the LORD, humility, teachability, pride, and reputation, generosity, neighbor-care, and material responsibility, while each sentence proverb retains its own force and the neighboring database unit does not supply its meaning. Within that relationship, this verse opens with “Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the…” and develops the line through “though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished”.