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Proverbs 16:1 KJV

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:1, King James Version

In context

1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

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Cross-references

  • Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
  • Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
  • Luke 21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
  • Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Proverbs 20:24 Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?