Proverbs 16:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְאָדָ֥ם מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן׃

Transliteration

To ʾādām [are] maʿarkê-lēḇ and from YHWH [is] maʿănēh lāšôn

Grammar Details

• *lᵉ*: preposition - to/for/belonging to
• *ʾādām*: noun, masculine, singular - man/mankind/Adam
• *maʿarkê*: construct noun, masculine, plural - arrangements/plans/preparations
• *lēḇ*: noun, masculine, singular - heart/mind/inner person
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *mē*: preposition - from
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *maʿănēh*: noun, masculine, singular - answer/response
• *lāšôn*: noun, feminine, singular - tongue/language/speech

Word Meanings

• *maʿarkê-lēḇ*: arrangements of heart/plans of mind/orderings of thoughts
• *maʿănēh lāšôn*: answer of tongue/response of speech

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
• Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
• Matt 10:19-20 : 19 But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
• Prov 20:24 : 24 A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
• Phil 2:13 : 13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
• Luke 12:11-12 : 11 And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.
• Luke 21:14-15 : 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer: 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.
• 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
• Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: {H4325} He turneth it whithersoever he will.
• Jer 1:7-9 : 7 But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. 9 Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:
• 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.
• Jer 32:39-40 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
• Ezek 36:26-27 : 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.
• Exod 4:11-12 : 11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
• Exod 4:15 : 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
• 2 Chr 18:31 : 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Jehovah helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
• Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
• Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
• Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
• Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.