Proverbs 21:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

2 Kings 19:33

By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the Lord.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

Ezra 1:2

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Ezra 6:22

And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and give success to thy servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me, “For what do you make request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 2:8

and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house which I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

Esther 2:17

the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Psalm 105:25

He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

Psalm 106:46

He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.

Psalm 114:3

The sea looked and fled, Jordan turned back.

Psalm 114:5

What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

Psalm 74:15

Thou didst cleave open springs and brooks; thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams.

Psalm 93:4

Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!

Exodus 7:3

But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

Proverbs 16:1

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

Proverbs 16:9

A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.

Proverbs 20:24

A man's steps are ordered by the Lord; how then can man understand his way?

Isaiah 43:19

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 44:27

who says to the deep, ‘Be dry, I will dry up your rivers’;

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you.”

Daniel 4:35

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What doest thou?”

Acts 7:10

and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.

Revelation 16:12

The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

Revelation 16:4

The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of water, and they became blood.