Proverbs 16:1
It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. It is the part of man, etc... That is, a man should prepare in his heart and soul what he is to say: but after all, it must be the Lord that must govern his tongue, to speak to the purpose. Not that we can think any thing of good without God's grace; but that after we have (with God's grace) thought and prepared within our souls what we would speak, if God does not govern our tongue, we shall not succeed in what we speak.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.
Cross References
Exodus 4:11The Lord said to him: Who made man's mouth? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? did not I?
2 Samuel 7:5Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?
Ezra 7:27Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in the king's heart, to glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem,
Job 17:11My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
Proverbs 19:21There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.