Proverbs 16:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:5

“Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in?

2 Chronicles 18:31

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him,

Ezra 7:27

Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man!” At the time, I was cupbearer to the king.

Job 17:11

My days are past; my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.

Psalm 10:17

O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Psalm 119:36

Turn my heart to your decrees and not to selfish gain.

Exodus 4:15

You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what you shall do.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 16:9

The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.

Proverbs 19:21

The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

Proverbs 20:24

All our steps are ordered by the Lord; how then can we understand our own ways?

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O Lord, that the way of humans is not in their control, that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God, who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have.

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.