Proverbs 16:1
People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh is the one who decides [MTY] what really will happen.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
In Context
2People may think that their actions are right, but Yahweh really knows why people do what they do.
Cross References
Exodus 4:11Then Yahweh said to him/me, “ You seem to forget who it is that makes people able to speak [RHQ]! Who is it that enables people to be unable to speak or unable to hear, or able to see or not to see? It is I, Yahweh [RHQ]!
2 Samuel 7:5“Go and tell my servant, David, that this is what I, Yahweh, am saying to him: ‘You are not the one [RHQ] who should build a temple for me to live in.
Ezra 7:27Because King Artaxerxes was very kind like that, I said, “Praise Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped/belonged to! He has caused the king to want to honor the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem.
Job 17:11My ◄life/time to live► is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I confidently expected to do; I have not been able to accomplish anything that I [SYN] desired.
Psalms 119:36Cause me to want to obey your rules and not to want to become rich.
Proverbs 19:21People plan to do many kinds of things, but what will happen is what Yahweh has decided will happen.