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 Jehovah; and He delights in his way.
Jeremiah 10:23
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man does not belong to man; it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Daniel 5:23
But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you; and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand is your breath and all your ways.
Acts 17:28
For in Him we live and move and have our being, as also certain of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.

How

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the wise is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart plans his way, but Jehovah directs his steps.
Psalm 25:4
Make me know Your ways, O Jehovah; teach me Your paths.
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My wrath. I will command him to take the plunder, and to strip off the spoil, and to trample them like the mud of the streets.

General references

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart plans his way, but Jehovah directs his steps.
Jeremiah 10:23
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man does not belong to man; it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.