KJV King James Version
Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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Proverbs 20:24
Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
WEB World English Bible
A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
ASV American Standard Version
A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man—how understandeth he his way?
Surrounding context — Proverbs 20
21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23 Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
24 Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.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.Psalm 25:12What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose.Psalm 37:23The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.Psalm 25:4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.Daniel 5:23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:Acts 17:28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.Isaiah 10:6-7I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
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