Proverbs 21:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The kynges heart is in the hand of the Lord, lyke as are the riuers of water, he maye turne it whyther soeuer he wyll.

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  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.
  • Prov 20:24 : 24 The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
  • Ezra 6:22 : 22 And helde the feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes with ioy: For the Lorde had made them glad, and turned the heart of the king of Assur vnto them, to strengthen their handes in the worke of the house of God, euen the God of Israel.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 And deliuered hym out of all his aduersities, and gaue hym fauour & wisedome in the syght of Pharao kyng of Egypt: and he made hym gouernour ouer Egypt, & ouer all his housholde.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothing, and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, among the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that may resist his hand, or say vnto him, what doest thou?
  • Ps 106:46 : 46 Yea he made all those that led them away captiue: to pitie them.
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.
  • Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Blessed be the Lorde God of our fathers, which so had inspired the kinges heart, to garnishe the house of the Lord that is at Hierusalem: 28 And hath enclined mercie vnto me in the presence of the king and his counsailers, and before all the kinges high estates: And I was comforted euen as the hande of the Lord my God was vpon me, and so gathered I the heades of Israel together, that they might go vp with me.
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lorde I besech thee, let thyne eare hearken to the prayer of thy seruaunt, and to the prayer of thy seruauntes, whose desire is to feare thy name: and let thy seruaunt prosper this day, and graunt him mercie in the sight of this man. For I was the kinges butler.
  • Ps 105:25 : 25 Whose heart so turned that they hated his people: and dealt subtilly with his seruauntes.
  • Neh 2:4 : 4 And the king sayde vnto me: What is then thy request? I made my prayer also to the God of heauen,
  • Ps 74:15 : 15 Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the harde rockes: thou dyddest drye vp mightie waters.
  • Ps 93:4 : 4 God which is on high, is more puissaut then the noyse of many waters: then the mightie waues of the sea.
  • Isa 44:27 : 27 He saith to the deapth, be drye, and I wyll drye vp water fluddes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:2
    81%

    2Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.

  • Prov 16:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

  • Eccl 8:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Be not hastie to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no euyll thing: for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym, that doth he.

    4Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.

    2A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.

    3Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper.

  • Prov 19:21
    74%

    21There are many deuises in a mans heart: neuerthelesse, the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande.

  • Job 37:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12He turneth the heauens about by his gouernement, that they may do whatsoeuer he commaundeth them vpon the whole worlde.

    13Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or to do good to them that seeke him.

  • Ps 33:15
    73%

    15He fashioneth their heartes together: he vnderstandeth al their workes.

  • Job 23:13
    72%

    13He is still at one poynt, and who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will.

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

    33The lottes are cast into the lappe: but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Among all thynges, man hath the most deceiptfull and stubburne heart: Who shall then knowe it?

    10Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the heart, & trye the raynes, and rewarde euery man accordyng to his wayes, and accordyng to the fruite of his workes.

  • Ps 22:28
    71%

    28For the kingdome is Gods: and he is the gouernour ouer the nations.

  • Ps 21:7
    71%

    7Because the king trusteth in God, and in the mercie of the most highest: he shal not miscarie.

  • Ps 135:6
    71%

    6God doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym in heauen and in earth: in the sea, and in all deepe places.

  • Prov 17:3
    71%

    3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

    24The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

  • 2 Chr 30:12
    71%

    12And the hande of God was in Iuda, and he gaue them one heart to do the commmaundement of the king and of the rulers, according to the worde of the Lorde.

  • Prov 29:26
    71%

    26Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.

  • Prov 25:3
    71%

    3The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.

  • Prov 5:21
    70%

    21For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges.

  • Job 12:24
    70%

    24He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of ye people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way.

  • 1 Chr 29:12
    70%

    12And richesse and honour come of thee, and thou raignest ouer all, and in thyne hande is power & strength, and in thyne hand it is to make great and to geue strength vnto all.

  • Job 12:15
    70%

    15Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they destroy the earth.

  • Prov 21:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29An vngodly man hardeneth his face: but the iust refourmeth his owne way.

    30There is no wysdome, there is no vnderstanding, there is no counsayle against the Lorde.

  • Dan 2:21
    70%

    21He chaungeth the times and seasons, he taketh away kinges, he setteth vp kinges: he geueth wysdome vnto the wyse, and vnderstanding to those that vnderstande.

  • Ps 107:33
    70%

    33He turneth fluddes into a wildernes: and waterspringes into a drye grounde.

  • Ps 75:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7For God is the iudge: it is he that putteth downe one, and setteth vp another.

    8For in the hande of God there is a cup, and the wine is redde: it is full mixt, and he powreth out the same. But the vngodly of the earth do wring out: and drynke the dregges therof.

  • Ps 33:11
    70%

    11The counsayle of God shall endure for euer: and the thoughtes of his heart from generation to generation.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

  • Prov 20:5
    70%

    5Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out.

  • Prov 15:3
    70%

    3The eyes of the Lorde in euery place, beholdeth both the good and the bad.

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Jas 3:4
    69%

    4Beholde also ye shippes, which though they be so great, and are dryuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned about with a very small helme, whither soeuer the violence of the gouernour wyll.

  • Prov 16:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

    15The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.

  • Dan 4:35
    69%

    35And all they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothing, and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, among the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that may resist his hand, or say vnto him, what doest thou?

  • Jer 4:9
    69%

    9At the same tyme saith the Lord, the heart of the kyng & of the princes shalbe gone, the priestes shalbe astonished, and the prophetes shalbe sore afrayde.

  • Ps 21:1
    69%

    1To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. The kyng ought to reioyce in thy strength O God: and he ought to be exceedyng glad of thy saluation.

  • Jer 10:23
    69%

    23Nowe I knowe (O Lord) that it is not in mans power to order his owne wayes, or to rule his owne steppes and goinges.

  • Isa 32:1
    69%

    1Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie.

  • Ps 37:23
    69%

    23The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth.

  • Job 34:21
    69%

    21For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goinges.

  • Ps 7:9
    68%

    9My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde.