Proverbs 21:1

Modern English Version

As rivulets of water is the heart of a king in the hand of the Lord; wherever He pleases is where He directs it.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:33

By the way that he came, he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the Lord.

Ezra 1:1

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he issued a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Ezra 1:2

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: “The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has charged me to build Him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Ezra 6:22

With joy they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days because the Lord had made them joyful. He had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them and strengthened their hands in the work on the house of God, who is the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, I implore You, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. And let Your servant prosper this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s cupbearer.

Nehemiah 2:4

So the king said to me, “What are you requesting about this matter?” Immediately, I prayed to the God of heaven

Nehemiah 2:8

as well as a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple mount, for the city wall, and for the house into which I will enter.” The king granted me these things, because the good hand of my God was upon me.

Esther 2:17

The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins. So he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Psalm 105:25

He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.

Psalm 106:46

He also caused them to be pitied by all those who carried them away captive.

Psalm 114:3

The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.

Psalm 114:5

What ails you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back?

Psalm 74:15

You split open springs and torrents; You dried up mighty rivers.

Psalm 93:4

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Exodus 7:3

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

The heart of man devises his way, but the Lord directs his steps.

Proverbs 20:24

The steps of a man are directed by the Lord; how then can a man understand his own way?

Isaiah 43:19

Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not be aware of it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 44:27

it is I who says to the deep, “Be dried up!” And I will dry up your rivers;

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him and look after him, and do not harm him. But do to him just as he says to you.”

Daniel 4:35

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. And no one can stay His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Acts 7:10

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

Revelation 16:12

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the East.

Revelation 16:4

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