Jeremiah 10:23 · KJV
“O LORD, I know that the way of man {is} not in himself: {it is} not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”
— Jeremiah 10:23
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, {and} a den of dragons.
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. {bring...: Heb. diminish me}
Jeremiah 10 — Context
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
22Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, {and} a den of dragons.
23O LORD, I know that the way of man {is} not in himself: {it is} not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. {bring...: Heb. diminish me}
25Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:24
Man's goings {are} of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs 16:1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, {is} from the LORD. {preparations: or, disposings}
Psalms 37:23
The steps of a {good} man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. {ordered: or, established}
Psalms 119:116-117
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Psalms 17:5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, {that} my footsteps slip not. {slip...: Heb. be not moved}