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

man's

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

Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.

Acts 17:28 For in him we live and move and are: as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring.

how

Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of a discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.

Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

Psalm 25:4,12 Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths. . . .

Isaiah 10:6,7 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. . . .

Context
Wine is a Mocker
23Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good. 24The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?25It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.…
Cross References
Proverbs 16:9
The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

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.

Daniel 5:23
But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.

Lexicon
A man’s
גָ֑בֶר (ḡā·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply

steps
מִצְעֲדֵי־ (miṣ·‘ă·ḏê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4703: A step, companionship

[are] from the LORD,
מֵיהוָ֥ה‪‬‪‬‪‬ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

so how
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can anyone
וְ֝אָדָ֗ם (wə·’ā·ḏām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

understand
יָּבִ֥ין (yā·ḇîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 995: To separate mentally, understand

his own way?
דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃ (dar·kōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action


Additional Translations
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?

The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

A man's goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?
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