Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
Proverbs 16:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The preparations of the heart in man, And the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE PLANS of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue. American Standard Version (1901) The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. Common English Bible To people belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version It is for man to prepare the soul, and for the Lord to govern the tongue. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. |
Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Yehoshafat, that they said, It is the king of Yisra'el. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Yehoshafat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Yerushalayim;
Lord, I beg you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cup bearer to the king.
My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
There are many plans in a man's heart, but the LORD's counsel will prevail.
A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.