Proverbs 21:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ A king’s heart is like channelled water in the  Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, As the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THE KING'S heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

Common English Bible

¹ The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; he directs it wherever he wants.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Just as with the dividing of the waters, so also is the heart of the king in the hand of the Lord. He shall bend it whichever way he wills.

Proverbs 21:1 Cross References

2 Kings 19:33

He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city. This is the Lord’s declaration.

Ezra 1:1

In  the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah,  the Lord roused the spirit  of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:

Ezra 1:2

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

Ezra 6:22

They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days  with joy, because the Lord had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude towards them, so that he supported them  in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

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 grant him compassion 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 the heavens

Nehemiah 2:8

And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress,  the city wall, and the home where I will live.’  , The king granted my requests, for the gracious hand of my God was on me.

Esther 2:17

The king loved Esther more than all the other women. She won more favour and approval from him than did any of the other virgins. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

Exodus 7:3

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart  and multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 16:1

The reflections of the heart belong to mankind, but the answer of the tongue is from the  Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

A person’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.

Proverbs 20:24

Even a courageous person’s steps are determined by the  Lord, so how can anyone understand his own way?

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;

Jeremiah 39:12

‘Take him and look after him. Don’t do him any harm, but do for him whatever he says.’

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 block his hand or say to him, ‘What have you done? ’

Acts 7:10

and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

Revelation 16:12

The sixth  poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,  and its water was dried up  to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

Revelation 16:4

The third  poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.