Proverbs 16:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:5

Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

2 Chronicles 18:31

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

Ezra 7:27

Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. Now I was the king's wine-servant.

Job 17:11

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.

Psalm 10:17

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

Psalm 119:36

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

Exodus 4:15

Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

Proverbs 16:9

A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

Proverbs 19:21

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

Proverbs 20:24

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Jeremiah 10:23

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.

Philippians 2:13

For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.