Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart, deviseth his way, but, Yahweh, directeth his steps.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
In Context
8Better a little with righteousness, than large revenues, without justice.
10An oracle, is on the lips of a king, in giving sentence, his mouth must not be unfaithful.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 22:7But, from God, came the downfall of Azariah, through his coming to Joram,—and because, through his coming, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
Proverbs 16:1To man, belong the preparations of the heart, but, from Yahweh, cometh the answer of the tongue.
Proverbs 20:24From Yahweh, are a man’s steps, a son of earth, then—how can he discern his way?
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh.
Jeremiah 10:23I know O Yahweh, That not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path,—Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own 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 →