Proverbs 16:1

In 10 translations

BSB

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

KJV

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

WEB

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

ASV

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

LSV

Arrangements of the heart [are] of man, || An answer of the tongue from YHWH.

YLT

Of man [are] arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

DBY

The purposes of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

DRC

It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

GNV

The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.

JPS

The preparations of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

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WLC

לְאָדָ֥ם מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן׃

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• Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
• Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
• Luke 21:14–15So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves. For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
• Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
• Proverbs 20:24A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
• Matthew 10:19–20But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
• Luke 12:11–12When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say. For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
• Jeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
• Ezekiel 36:26–27I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully…
• Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
• Jeremiah 32:39–40I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from…
• Psalms 119:36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
• Exodus 4:11–12And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
• James 1:16–18Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow. He chose to give us birth through…
• Jeremiah 1:7–9But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the…
• Exodus 4:15You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

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