Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

In Context

22Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Psalms 119:116Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Proverbs 20:24A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:18-25

Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. ( b. c. 606.) 17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. 18 For thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are… Read the whole commentary →

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