Proverbs 16:1

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹ The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord. ² All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

From the Lord

Jehovah

Proverbs 19:21

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

Proverbs 16:9

A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

Matthew 10:19-20

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

Exodus 4:11-12

And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

Exodus 4:15

Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.

2 Chronicles 18:31

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

Ezra 7:27

Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)

Psalm 10:17

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

Psalm 119:36

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

Proverbs 20:24

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Jeremiah 1:7-9

But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.

Jeremiah 10:23

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

Jeremiah 32:39-40

And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

Ezekiel 36:26-27

And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.

Luke 12:11-12

And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

Luke 21:14-15

So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:

2 Corinthians 8:16

But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.

Philippians 2:13

For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

James 1:16-18

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.