Proverbs 20:24

New Century Version

The Lord decides what a person will do; no one understands what his life is all about.

Cross References

Psalm 25:12

Are there those who respect the Lord? He will point them to the best way.

Psalm 25:4

Lord, tell me your ways. Show me how to live.

Psalm 37:23

When people’s steps follow the Lord, God is pleased with their ways.

Proverbs 14:8

A wise person will understand what to do, but a foolish person is dishonest.

Proverbs 16:1

People may make plans in their minds, but only the Lord can make them come true.

Proverbs 16:9

People may make plans in their minds, but the Lord decides what they will do.

Jeremiah 10:23

Lord, I know that our lives don’t really belong to us. We can’t control our own lives.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have set yourself against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from the Temple of the Lord to be brought to you. Then you and your royal guests, your wives, and your slave women drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that are not really gods; they cannot see or hear or understand anything. You did not honor God, who has power over your life and everything you do.

Acts 17:28

‘By his power we live and move and exist.’ Some of your own poets have said: ‘For we are his children.’