Proverbs 21:1

New American Bible - revised edition

A king’s heart is channeled water in the hand of the Lord; God directs it where he pleases.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:33

By the way he came he shall leave, never coming as far as this city, oracle of the Lord.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, both by word of mouth and in writing:

Ezra 1:2

“Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Ezra 6:22

They joyfully kept the feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days, for the Lord had filled them with joy by making the king of Assyria favorable to them, so that he gave them help in their work on the house of God, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 1:11

Lord, may your ears be attentive to the prayer of your servant and that of all your servants who willingly revere your name. Grant success to your servant this day, and let him find favor with this man”—for I was cupbearer to the king.

Nehemiah 2:4

The king asked me, “What is it, then, that you wish?” I prayed to the God of heaven

Nehemiah 2:8

also a letter for Asaph, the keeper of the royal woods, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple citadel, for the city wall and the house that I will occupy.” Since I enjoyed the good favor of my God, the king granted my requests.

Psalm 105:25

He turned their hearts to hate his people, to treat his servants deceitfully.

Psalm 106:46

Winning for them compassion from all who held them captive.

Psalm 114:3

The sea saw and fled; the Jordan turned back.

Psalm 114:5

Why was it, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you turned back?

Psalm 74:15

You opened up springs and torrents, brought dry land out of the primeval waters.

Psalm 93:4

More powerful than the roar of many waters, more powerful than the breakers of the sea, powerful in the heavens is the Lord.

Exodus 7:3

Yet I will make Pharaoh so headstrong that, despite the many signs and wonders that I work in the land of Egypt,

Proverbs 16:1

Plans are made in human hearts, but from the Lord comes the tongue’s response.

Proverbs 16:9

The human heart plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.

Proverbs 20:24

Our steps are from the Lord; how, then, can mortals understand their way?

Isaiah 43:19

See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers.

Isaiah 44:27

I say to the deep, Be dry! I will dry up your rivers.

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him and look after him; do not let anything happen to him. Whatever he may ask, you must do for him.”

Acts 7:10

and rescued him from all his afflictions. He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who put him in charge of Egypt and [of] his entire household.

Revelation 16:12

The sixth angel emptied his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.

Revelation 16:4

The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water. These also turned to blood.