◄ Proverbs 16:9 ►
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Good News Translation
You may make your plans, but God directs your actions.

New Revised Standard Version
The human mind plans the way, but the LORD directs the steps.

Contemporary English Version
We make our own plans, but the LORD decides where we will go.

New American Bible
The human heart plans the way, but the LORD directs the steps.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

Proverbs 16:1 It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

Proverbs 19:21 There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Proverbs 20:24 The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Psalm 37:23 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

Isaiah 46:10 Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me:

Jeremiah 10:23 I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
…8Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity. 9The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.10Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment.…
Cross References
Psalm 37:23
With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

Proverbs 16:1
It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Proverbs 19:21
There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Proverbs 20:24
The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Jeremiah 10:23
I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

Proverbs 16:8
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