Proverbs 21:1

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹ The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it whichever way He wishes.
²
Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs and examines the hearts [of people and their motives].

Hand of the Lord

Rivers of Water

Brooks Of Water

Streams Of Water

Jehovah

Ezra 7:27-28

Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers [said Ezra], who put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to adorn and glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,

Ezra 6:22

They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had caused them to rejoice and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he encouraged them and strengthened their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 1:11

Please, O Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to [reverently] fear Your Name [Your essence, Your nature, Your attributes, with awe]; and make Your servant successful this day and grant him compassion in the sight of this man [the king].”

For I was cupbearer to the king [of Persia].

Nehemiah 2:4

The king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Psalm 74:15

You broke open fountains and streams;
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

Psalm 93:4

More than the sounds of many waters,
More than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The Lord on high is mighty.

Psalm 105:25

He turned the heart [of the Egyptians] to hate His people,
To deal craftily with His servants.

Psalm 106:46

He also made them objects of compassion
Among those who had carried them away captive.

Psalm 114:3

The [Red] Sea looked and fled;
The Jordan turned back.

Psalm 114:5

What ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?

Proverbs 16:1

The plans and reflections of the heart belong to man,
But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life],
But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them.

Proverbs 20:24

Man’s steps are ordered and ordained by the Lord.
How then can a man [fully] understand his way?

Isaiah 43:19

“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even put a road in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 44:27

“It is I who says to the deep, ‘Be dried up!’
And I will make your rivers dry.

Daniel 4:35

“All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth;
And no one can hold back His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

Acts 7:10

and He rescued him from all his suffering, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made Joseph governor over Egypt and over his entire household.

Revelation 16:4

Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water; and they turned into blood.

Revelation 16:12

Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for [the coming of] the kings from the east.