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 man are established by Yahweh, and he takes pleasure in his way.
Jeremiah 10:23
I know, Yahweh, that to the human [is] not his [own] way, nor to a person [is the] walking and the directing of his [own] step.
Daniel 5:23
And [now] you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of his temple you have brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that [do] not see and [do] not hear and [do] not know, but the God {who holds your life in his hand} and all of your ways {come from him}, you have not honored.
Acts 17:28
for in him we live and move and exist, as even some of {your own} poets have said: 'For we also are {his} offspring.'
How
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 16:9
The {mind} of a person will plan his ways, and Yahweh will direct his steps.
Psalm 25:4
Make me know your ways, O Yahweh. Teach me your paths.
Isaiah 10:6
I send him against a godless nation, and I command him against the people of my wrath, to capture spoil and to carry off plunder, and to make them a trampling place, like [the] clay of [the] streets.
General references
Proverbs 16:9
The {mind} of a person will plan his ways, and Yahweh will direct his steps.
Jeremiah 10:23
I know, Yahweh, that to the human [is] not his [own] way, nor to a person [is the] walking and the directing of his [own] step.