Proverbs 20:24
A man's steps are from the LORD; How, then, can a man understand his way?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
In Context
23Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false balance is not good.
25It is a snare to a man to utter a vow rashly, And after vows to consider.
Cross References
Psalms 25:4Cause me to know thy ways, O LORD! Teach me thy paths!
Psalms 37:23The steps of the good man are directed by the LORD; He delighteth himself in his way.
Proverbs 16:1To man belongeth the preparation of the heart; But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
Isaiah 10:6Against an impious nation I will send him, And against a people under my wrath I will give him a charge To gather the spoil, and seize the prey, And to trample them under foot like the mire of the streets.
Daniel 5:23but hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven; and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand is thy breath, and whose are all thy ways, thou hast not honored.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:24
23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord ; and a false balance is not good. This is to the same purport with what was said v. 20 . 1. It is here repeated, because it is a sin that God doubly hates (as lying, which is of the same nature with this sin, is mentioned twice among the seven things that God hates, ch. vi. 17 , 19 ), and because it was probably a sin very much practised at that time in Israel, and therefore made light of as if there were no harm in it, under pretence that, being commonly used,… Read the whole commentary →