Proverbs 16:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We humans make plans, but the LORD has the final word.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:5

to go to David and give him this message: David, you are my servant, so listen to what I say. Why should you build a temple for me?

2 Chronicles 18:31

So when they saw Jehoshaphat in his robe, they thought he was Ahab and started to attack him. But Jehoshaphat prayed, and the LORD made the Syrian soldiers stop.

Ezra 7:27

Because King Artaxerxes was so kind, Ezra said: Praise the LORD God of our ancestors! He made sure that the king honoured the LORD's temple in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:11

Please answer my prayer and the prayer of your other servants who gladly honour your name. When I serve the king his wine today, make him pleased with me and let him do what I ask.

Job 17:11

My life is drawing to an end; hope has disappeared.

Psalm 10:17

You listen to the longings of those who suffer. You offer them hope, and you pay attention to their cries for help.

Psalm 119:36

Make me want to obey you, rather than to be rich.

Exodus 4:15

Aaron will speak to the people for you, and you will be like me, telling Aaron what to say. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will tell each of you what to do.

Proverbs 15:33

Showing respect to the LORD will make you wise, and being humble will bring honour to you.

Proverbs 16:9

We make our own plans, but the LORD decides where we will go.

Proverbs 19:21

We may make a lot of plans, but the LORD will do what he has decided.

Proverbs 20:24

How can we know what will happen to us when the LORD alone decides?

Proverbs 21:1

The LORD controls rulers, just as he determines the course of rivers.

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, LORD, that we humans are not in control of our own lives.

2 Corinthians 8:16

I am grateful that God made Titus care as much about you as we do.

Philippians 2:13

God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.