Jeremiah 10:23

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

Updated King James Version

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

22Behold, the noise of the bruit has come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in yours anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:5Hold up my activities in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Psalms 119:116Uphold me according unto your word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Proverbs 20:24Man's activities are of the LORD; how can a man then 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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