Proverbs 20:24
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
BSB
ASV
A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
KJV
Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
You maintain that "all are governed by their own free choice." What Christian can bear to hear this? For if not one, or a few or many but all of us are governed by our own free choice, what becomes of the help of God? And how do you explain the text, "A man's goings are ordered by the Lord"?
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 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
leads to
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
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.
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Through
Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
leads to
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
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.
