“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
Proverbs 16:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The preparations of the heart in man, And the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE PLANS of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue. American Standard Version (1901) The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. Common English Bible To people belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version It is for man to prepare the soul, and for the Lord to govern the tongue. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. |
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him,
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem,
O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and give success to thy servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.
O Lord, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear
And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honor.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
A man's steps are ordered by the Lord; how then can man understand his way?
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.