Proverbs 21:1

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:9

The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

Proverbs 20:24

The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Ezra 6:22

And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel.

Acts 7:10

And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt, and over all his house.

Proverbs 16:1

It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

Isaiah 43:19

Behold, I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily, you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Psalm 105:25

and they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 1:11

I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name. And direct thy servant this day: and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Isaiah 44:27

Who say to the deep: Be thou desolate, and I will dry up thy rivers.

Psalm 93:4

Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?

Revelation 16:12

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon that great river Euphrates; and dried up the water thereof, that a way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.

Revelation 16:4

And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the fountains of waters; and there was made blood.

Psalm 114:5

The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

Psalm 114:3

The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Jeremiah 39:12

Take him and set thy eyes upon him and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.

Exodus 7:3

But I shall harden his heart, and shall multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

2 Kings 19:33

By the way that he came, he shall return: and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:

Ezra 1:2

Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.

Nehemiah 2:8

And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, to give me timber that I may cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I shall enter into. And the king gave me according to the good hand of my God with me.