Proverbs 16:1

New Living Translation

We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:5

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?

2 Chronicles 18:31

So when the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat in his royal robes, they went after him. “There is the king of Israel!” they shouted. But Jehoshaphat called out, and the Lord saved him. God helped him by turning the attackers away from him.

Ezra 7:27

Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem!

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.

Job 17:11

My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart’s desires are broken.

Psalm 10:17

Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.

Psalm 119:36

Give me an eagerness for your laws rather than a love for money!

Exodus 4:15

Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do.

Proverbs 15:33

Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom; humility precedes honor.

Proverbs 16:9

We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.

Proverbs 19:21

You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.

Proverbs 20:24

The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases.

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thank God! He has given Titus the same enthusiasm for you that I have.

Philippians 2:13

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.