Proverbs 16:1
It pertaineth to man to make ready the soul; and it pertaineth to the Lord to govern the tongue. (Each person must prepare their own soul, or their own life; but it is God who governeth their tongue, or telleth them what to say.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 4:11The Lord said to him, Who made the mouth of [a] man, or who made a dumb man, and deaf, seeing, and blind? whether not I? (And the Lord said to him, Who gave speech to people, or who made anyone dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? was it not I?)
2 Samuel 7:5Go thou, and speak to my servant David, (and say), The Lord saith these things, Whether thou shalt build to me an house to dwell in? (or Shalt thou build a house for me to live in?)
Ezra 7:27And Ezra, the writer, said, Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, that gave this thing in the heart of the king (or who put this counsel in the king’s heart), that he should glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem,
Job 17:11My days be passed; my thoughts be scattered, tormenting mine heart.
Psalms 119:36Bow down mine heart into thy witnessings; and not into avarice. (Turn my heart to thy teachings, or thy commands; and not to greed.)
Proverbs 19:21Many thoughts there be in the heart of a man; but the will of the Lord shall dwell. (There (be) many plans in a person’s heart; but the Lord’s purpose shall stand, (yea, it shall prevail).)