"The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, {is} from the LORD. {preparations: or, disposings}" — Proverbs 16:1

Proverbs 16:1 · KJV

“The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, {is} from the LORD. {preparations: or, disposings}”

— Proverbs 16:1

Verse 2

All the ways of a man {are} clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs 16 — Context

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, {is} from the LORD. {preparations: or, disposings}

All the ways of a man {are} clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. {Commit: Heb. Roll}

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 21:14-15

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?

Matthew 10:19-20

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

Luke 12:11-12

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and {unto} magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

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.