Proverbs 20:24

New International Reader's Version

The Lord directs a person’s steps. So how can anyone understand their own way?

Cross References

Psalm 25:12

Who are the people who have respect for the Lord? God will teach them the ways they should choose.

Psalm 25:4

Lord, show me your ways. Teach me how to follow you.

Psalm 37:23

The Lord makes secure the footsteps of the person who delights in him,

Proverbs 14:8

People are wise and understanding when they think about the way they live. But people are foolish when their foolish ways trick them.

Proverbs 16:1

People make plans in their hearts. But the Lord puts the correct answer on their tongues.

Proverbs 16:9

In their hearts human beings plan their lives. But the Lord decides where their steps will take them.

Jeremiah 10:23

Lord, I know that a person doesn’t control their own life. They don’t direct their own steps.

Daniel 5:23

You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.

Acts 17:28

‘In him we live and move and exist.’ As some of your own poets have also said, ‘We are his children.’