Proverbs 16:9
The heart of man deviseth his way, But the LORD establisheth his steps.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
In Context
8Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues without right.
10A divine sentence is upon the lips of a king; His mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:1To man belongeth the preparation of the heart; But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
Proverbs 20:24A man's steps are from the LORD; How, then, can a man understand his way?
Proverbs 21:30Wisdom is nothing, and understanding is nothing, And devices are nothing, against the LORD.
Jeremiah 10:23“I know, O Jehovah, that the way of a man is not within his power, That it is not within the power of a man that walketh to establish his steps.
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 →