Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Man's

Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.
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.
Daniel 5:23
But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;
Acts 17:28
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

How

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
Proverbs 16:9
A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
Psalm 25:4
Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways.
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.

General references

Proverbs 16:9
A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
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.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain