KJV King James Version
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 16:1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 16
1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
2 All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4 The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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Proverbs 19:21[There are] many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.Luke 21:14-15Settle [it] therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:Philippians 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.Proverbs 20:24Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?Matthew 10:19-20But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.Luke 12:11-12And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and [unto] magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:Jeremiah 10:23O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.Ezekiel 36:26-27A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.Jeremiah 32:39-40And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:Exodus 4:11-12And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?James 1:16-18Do not err, my beloved brethren.Exodus 4:15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.Jeremiah 1:7-9But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.Psalm 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.Ezra 7:27Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a thing] as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem:Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
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