Proverbs 16:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Prov 19:21 : 21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you; 20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
  • Prov 20:24 : 24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say: 12 For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.
  • Luke 21:14-15 : 14 So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give: 15 For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.
  • 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
  • Jer 1:7-9 : 7 But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say. 8 Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord. 9 Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:
  • Jer 10:23 : 23 O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.
  • Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them: 40 And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
  • Ezek 36:26-27 : 26 And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
  • Exod 4:11-12 : 11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.
  • Exod 4:15 : 15 Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.
  • 2 Chr 18:31 : 31 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
  • Ps 119:36 : 36 Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers. 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning. 18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

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  • Prov 16:9-11
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    9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

    10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

    11 True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

  • Prov 16:2-3
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    2 All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

    3 Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

  • Prov 19:21
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    21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

  • Prov 21:1-2
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    1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

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

  • Prov 16:23
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    23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Prov 15:23
    74%

    23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

  • Prov 16:33
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    33 A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

  • Jer 17:9-10
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    9 The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

    10 I 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.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28 The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

  • Prov 2:6
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    6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Prov 20:24
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    24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Prov 15:4
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    4 A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

  • Prov 16:20-21
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    20 He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

    21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

  • Prov 17:3
    72%

    3 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

  • Prov 29:26
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    26 The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1 By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 20:5
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    5 The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

  • Matt 15:18
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    18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
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    16 O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours.

  • Ps 49:3
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    3 From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.

  • Prov 15:11
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    11 Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

  • Isa 29:13
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    13 And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

  • Prov 18:15
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    15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Prov 16:13
    70%

    13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

  • Ps 33:15
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    15 He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12 Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

  • Prov 27:19
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    19 Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

  • Ps 45:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

  • Prov 18:21
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    21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Prov 20:27
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    27 The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14 From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • Jer 10:23
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    23 O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

  • Job 33:3
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    3 My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

  • Luke 21:14
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    14 So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:

  • Luke 6:45
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    45 The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.