Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
BSB
ASV
A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
KJV
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Deviseth his way - i. e., Thinks it out with anxious care; yet it is the Lord and He only who directs the steps. Compare Pro 16:1.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
leads to
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Through
Jeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
leads to
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
leads to
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
