Proverbs 16:9 KJV
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16:9, King James Version
In context
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
- Psalms 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
- Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
- Proverbs 20:24 Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
- Jeremiah 10:23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.