Jeremiah 10:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:24 : 24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
  • Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.
  • Ps 119:116-117 : 116 Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame. 117 Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:24
    81%

    24A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Prov 16:9
    79%

    9A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

  • Jer 10:24
    77%

    24O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.

  • Ps 37:23
    75%

    23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

  • Prov 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

    6In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

  • Prov 14:12
    73%

    12There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 5:21
    72%

    21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

  • Prov 10:9
    72%

    9He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 16:25
    72%

    25There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Prov 21:2
    72%

    2Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

  • Jer 9:23
    72%

    23This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

  • Job 23:10-11
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    71%

    10For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

    11My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

  • Ps 94:11
    71%

    11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

  • Job 28:23
    71%

    23God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

  • Jer 17:5
    71%

    5This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.

  • Ps 17:5
    70%

    5I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

  • Ps 118:8
    70%

    8It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

  • Hos 14:9
    70%

    9As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

  • Prov 5:6
    70%

    6She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Eccl 8:7
    70%

    7No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

  • Prov 16:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

    2All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

  • Prov 21:8
    70%

    8Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Job 10:7
    70%

    7Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

  • Prov 4:19
    70%

    19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

  • Isa 55:8
    70%

    8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

  • Prov 4:26
    70%

    26Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

  • Isa 59:8
    70%

    8They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

  • Job 34:21
    70%

    21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • Lam 3:40
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    40Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

  • Ps 146:3
    70%

    3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

  • Prov 19:21
    69%

    21A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

  • Job 31:4
    69%

    4Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

  • Ps 1:6
    69%

    6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Isa 2:22
    69%

    22Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

  • Jer 17:10
    69%

    10I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

  • Job 32:13
    69%

    13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

  • Ps 144:3
    69%

    3Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

  • Ps 39:4
    69%

    4Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

  • Isa 8:11
    69%

    11For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

  • Ps 77:19
    69%

    19Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.

  • Job 12:9
    69%

    9Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?

  • Prov 2:20
    69%

    20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 21:30
    69%

    30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

  • Prov 1:15
    69%

    15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Job 9:2
    69%

    2Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?