Proverbs 16:1
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The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
In other translations
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
Hebrew words
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- Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Luke 21:14-1514 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.14 So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves. 15 For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- Philippians 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Proverbs 20:24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
- Matthew 10:19-2019 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.19 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. 20 For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
- Luke 12:11-1211 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.11 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say. 12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
- Jeremiah 10:23O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
- Ezekiel 36:26-2726 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
- Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
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