Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
Cross References
Exodus 7:3And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Ezra 1:1And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
Ezra 6:22and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.
Nehemiah 2:8and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertains] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Psalms 74:15*Thou* didst cleave fountain and torrent, *thou* driedst up ever-flowing rivers.