Proverbs 21:1
Like brooks of water is a king's heart in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever it pleaseth him doth he turn it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2Every way of a man is straight in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
Cross References
Exodus 7:3And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Ezra 1:1And in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia, at the time the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah was accomplished, the Lord awakened the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia; and he caused a proclamation to be made throughout all his kingdom, and also by means of writing, saying,
Ezra 6:22And they celebrated the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Asshur toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 1:11I beseech thee, O Lord, do let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who are desirous to fear thy name; and grant success, I pray thee, to thy servant this day, and let him find mercy in the sight of this man —But I was butler by the king.
Nehemiah 2:8Also a letter unto Assaph the keeper of the king's forests, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall move into. And the king gave [them] to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Psalms 74:15Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.