Proverbs 20:24

American Standard Version (1901)

A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
  • Jer 10:23 : 23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
  • Ps 25:4 : 4 Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • Ps 37:23 : 23 A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from 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 thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 10:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

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

    24 O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

  • 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

  • 9 A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

  • 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.

  • 23 A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

    2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

    3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

    2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

    3 Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

  • 23 God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

  • 8 The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Prov 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

    6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

  • 26 Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

  • 25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • 7 for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

  • 6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

  • 20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

  • 4 Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

  • 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

  • 9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

  • 24 To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  • 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

  • 4 Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  • 19 Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

  • 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

  • 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • 11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

  • 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • 23 [ God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

  • 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • 24 That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

  • 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

  • 25 It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

  • 11 For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

  • 4 Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

  • 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

  • 11 Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

  • 1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

  • 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

  • 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?