Proverbs 16:9
You can plan in your mind what to do, but the Lord will guide you.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
In Context
8Better to have just a little and be honest than to have a lot and be dishonest.
10The king is inspired in what he says; he is not unreliable in his decisions.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 22:7Ahaziah's downfall came from God when he went to see Joram. When Ahaziah got there, he went with Joram to meet Jehu, son of Nimri. The Lord had anointed Jehu to destroy Ahab and his family.
Proverbs 16:1Human beings may make plans in their minds, but the final decision is the Lord's.
Proverbs 20:24The Lord shows us the way to go, so how would we decide for ourselves?
Proverbs 21:30Whatever wisdom, understanding, or guidance you may have is nothing before the Lord.
Jeremiah 10:23I realize, Lord, that people don't control their own lives—no one really knows how to choose their way.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:9
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. Here, 1. It is supposed that an honest good man may have but a little of the wealth of this world (all the righteous are not rich),—that a man may have but little, and yet may be honest (though poverty is a temptation to dishonesty, ch. xxx. 9 , yet not an invincible one),—and that a man may grow rich, for a while, by fraud and oppression, may have great revenues, and those got and kept without right, may have no good title to them nor make… Read the whole commentary →