Proverbs 21:1

Easy To Read Version

\{Farmers dig small ditches to water their fields. They change where the water goes by closing different ditches.\} The Lord controls a king’s mind just like that. The Lord can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:33

He will go back the same way he came. He will not come into this city. The Lord says this!

Ezra 1:1

During the first year {\cf2\super [1]} that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord encouraged Cyrus to make an announcement. Cyrus put that announcement in writing and had it read every place in his kingdom. This happened so that the Lord’s message that was spoken through Jeremiah {\cf2\super [2]} would truly happen. This is the announcement:

Ezra 1:2

“From Cyrus king of Persia:

Ezra 6:22

They celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread {\cf2\super [41]} with much joy for seven days. The Lord made them very happy because he had changed the attitude of the king of Assyria. {\cf2\super [42]} So the king of Assyria had helped them do the work on God’s temple.

Nehemiah 1:11

So Lord, please listen to my prayer. I am your servant. And please listen to the prayers of your servants that want to show respect for your name. Lord, you know I am the king’s wine servant. {\cf2\super [3]} So please help me today. Help me as I ask the king for help. Give me success and help me to be pleasing to the king.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me, “What do you want me to do?”

Nehemiah 2:8

I also need lumber for the heavy wooden beams for the gates, the walls, the walls around the temple, {\cf2\super [7]} and my house. So I need a letter from you to Asaph. Asaph is in charge of your forests.”

Esther 2:17

The king loved Esther more than any of the other girls. And she became his favorite. He approved of her more than any of the other girls. So King Xerxes put a crown on Esther’s head and made her the new queen in Vashti’s place.

Psalm 105:25

So the Egyptians began to hate\par Jacob’s family.\par They made plans against their slaves.\par

Psalm 106:46

Other nations took them as prisoners.\par But God made them be kind to his people.\par

Psalm 114:3

The Red Sea saw this and ran away.\par The Jordan River turned and ran.\par

Psalm 114:5

Red Sea, why did you run away?\par Jordan River, why did you turn and run away?\par

Psalm 74:15

You make the springs and rivers flow.\par And you make the rivers become dry.\par

Psalm 93:4

The crashing waves of the sea\par are loud and powerful.\par But the Lord above is even more powerful.\par

Exodus 7:3

But I will make Pharaoh stubborn. {He will not obey the things you tell him.} Then I will do many miracles in Egypt to prove who I am. But he will still refuse to listen.

Proverbs 16:1

People make their plans. But it is the Lord who makes those things happen.

Proverbs 16:9

A person can make plans about the things that he wants to do. But it is the Lord who decides what will happen.

Proverbs 20:24

The Lord decides what happens to every person. So how can any person understand what happens in his life?

Isaiah 43:19

Why? Because I will do new things! Now you will grow like a new plant. Surely you know this is true. I really will make a road in the desert. I really will make rivers in the dry land.

Isaiah 44:27

The Lord tells the deep waters,\par “Become dry!\par I will make your streams dry too!”\par

Jeremiah 39:12

“Find Jeremiah and take care of him. Don’t hurt him. Give him whatever he asks for.”

Daniel 4:35

People on earth are not truly important.\par God does what he wants\par with the powers of heaven\par and the people on earth.\par No one can stop his powerful hand!\par No one can question the things he does!\par

Acts 7:10

Joseph had many troubles there, but God saved him from all those troubles. Pharaoh was the king of Egypt. He liked Joseph and respected him because of the wisdom that God gave Joseph. Pharaoh gave Joseph the job of being a governor of Egypt. He even let Joseph rule over all the people in Pharaoh’s house.

Revelation 16:12

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. The water in the river was dried up. This prepared the way for the rulers from the east to come.

Revelation 16:4

The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water. The rivers and the springs of water became blood.