Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

General references

Bible References

The king's

Proverbs 16:1
The reflections of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Proverbs 20:24
A man’s steps are determined by the Lord,
so how can anyone understand his own way?
Ezra 7:27
Praise Yahweh the God of our fathers, who has put it into the king’s mind to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,
Nehemiah 1:11
Please, Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and to that of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success today, and have compassion on him in the presence of this man.

At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.
Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven
Psalm 105:25
whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.
Psalm 106:46
He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.
Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”
Acts 7:10
and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

As

Psalm 74:15
You opened up springs and streams;
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.
Psalm 93:4
Greater than the roar of many waters—
the mighty breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is majestic.
Psalm 114:3
The sea looked and fled;
the Jordan turned back.
Isaiah 43:19
Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 44:27
who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,”
and I will dry up your rivers;
Revelation 16:4
The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

General references

Genesis 12:18
So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.