Proverbs 21:1

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

2 Kings 19:33

The king will return to his own country by the same road on which he came. He will not enter this city, says the Lord.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord fulfilled the prophecy he had given through Jeremiah. He stirred the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom:

Ezra 1:2

“This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Ezra 6:22

Then they celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. There was great joy throughout the land because the Lord had caused the king of Assyria to be favorable to them, so that he helped them to rebuild the Temple of God, the God of Israel.

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.

Nehemiah 2:4

The king asked, “Well, how can I help you?” With a prayer to the God of heaven,

Nehemiah 2:8

And please give me a letter addressed to Asaph, the manager of the king’s forest, instructing him to give me timber. I will need it to make beams for the gates of the Temple fortress, for the city walls, and for a house for myself.” And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me.

Esther 2:17

And the king loved Esther more than any of the other young women. He was so delighted with her that he set the royal crown on her head and declared her queen instead of Vashti.

Psalm 105:25

Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the Lord’s servants.

Psalm 106:46

He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness.

Psalm 114:3

The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away.

Psalm 114:5

What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

Psalm 74:15

You caused the springs and streams to gush forth, and you dried up rivers that never run dry.

Psalm 93:4

But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the Lord above is mightier than these!

Exodus 7:3

But I will make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 16:1

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

Proverbs 16:9

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

Proverbs 20:24

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

Isaiah 43:19

For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

Isaiah 44:27

When I speak to the rivers and say, ‘Dry up!’ they will be dry.

Jeremiah 39:12

“See that he isn’t hurt,” he said. “Look after him well, and give him anything he wants.”

Daniel 4:35

All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’

Acts 7:10

and rescued him from all his troubles. And God gave him favor before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. God also gave Joseph unusual wisdom, so that Pharaoh appointed him governor over all of Egypt and put him in charge of the palace.

Revelation 16:12

Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River, and it dried up so that the kings from the east could march their armies toward the west without hindrance.

Revelation 16:4

Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs, and they became blood.