Proverbs 16:1
The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
In Context
2All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.
Cross References
Exodus 4:11And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
2 Samuel 7:5Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?
Ezra 7:27Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
Psalms 119:36Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.
Proverbs 19:21A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.