Pro 16:1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, {is} from the LORD. {preparations: or, disposings}
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{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Settle {it} therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of {his} good pleasure.
Man's goings {are} of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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.
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:
O LORD, I know that the way of man {is} not in himself: {it is} not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
The king's heart {is} in the hand of the LORD, {as} the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: {for ever: Heb. all days}
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I {am} a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Blessed {be} the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put {such a thing} as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which {is} in Jerusalem:
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It {is} the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them {to depart} from him.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: {prepare: or, establish}
But thanks {be} to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
O LORD, I know that the way of man {is} not in himself: {it is} not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
The king's heart {is} in the hand of the LORD, {as} the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, {then} put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: {prepare: or, establish}
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
{Every man} shall kiss {his} lips that giveth a right answer. {that...: Heb. that answereth right words}
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was {done} suddenly.
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
And he will shew you a large upper room furnished {and} prepared: there make ready for us.
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all {them} whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which {is} in Jerusalem.
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.