Proverbs 20:24

New English Translation

The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord – so how can anyone understand his own way?

Cross References

Psalm 25:12

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

Psalm 25:4

Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!

Psalm 37:23

The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

Proverbs 16:1

The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

Jeremiah 10:23

Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone – gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!

Acts 17:28

For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’