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Proverbs 16:1

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

Darby Translation

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 the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:11And Jehovah said to him, Who gave man a mouth? or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? [have] not I, Jehovah?

2 Samuel 7:5Go and say to my servant, to David, Thus saith Jehovah: Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

Ezra 7:27Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem;

Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.

Psalms 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

Proverbs 19:21Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand.

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