Proverbs 21:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE, like as are the ryuers of water: he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.
  • Prov 20:24 : 24 The LORDE ordreth euery mas goinges, for what is he, that vnderstondeth his owne wayes?
  • Ezra 6:22 : 22 & helde the feast of vnleueded bred seuen dayes with ioye: for the LORDE had made them glad, and turned the hert of the kynge of Assur vnto the, so that their handes were strengthed in the worke of the house of God, which is ye God of Israel.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 and delyuered him out of all his troubles, and gaue him fauoure ad wyssdome i the sight of Pharao kynge of Egipte which made him prynce ouer Egipte and ouer all his house.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 in comparyson off whom, all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth acordinge to his will, amoge ye powers of heauen & amonge the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that maye resiste his honde, or saye: what doest thou?
  • Ps 106:46 : 46 Yee he made all those yt had led them awaye captiue, to pitie them.
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.
  • Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Praysed be the LORDE God of oure fathers, which so hath inspyred ye kynges hert to garnysh the house of God at Ierusalem: 28 and hath enclyned his mercy vnto me in the presence of the kynge, and his councelers, and before all the kynges hye estates. And I was comforted (acordinge to the hade of the LORDE my God ouer me) and so gathered I the heades of Israel together, yt they mighte go vp with me.
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O LORDE, let thine eares marke the prayer of thy seruaunt, & the prayer of thy seruauntes, whose desyre is to feare thy name, & let thy seruaunt prospere this daye, & graunte him mercy in the sight of this man: for I was the kynges butlar.
  • Ps 105:25 : 25 Whose hert turned, so that they hated his people, and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes.
  • Neh 2:4 : 4 Then sayde the kynge vnto me: What is the thy request? Then made I my prayer to the God of heaue,
  • Ps 74:15 : 15 Thou smytest the heades of Leuiathan in peces, & geuest him to be meate for the people in the wildernesse.
  • Ps 93:4 : 4 The floudes aryse (o LORDE) the floudes lift vp their noyse, ye floudes lift vp their wawes.
  • Isa 44:27 : 27 I saye to the grounde: be drie. And I drie vp thy water floudes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 21:2
    81%

    2 Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.

  • Prov 16:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9 A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.

    10 When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

  • Eccl 8:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 Be not haistie to go out of his sight, & se thou cotynue in no euell thinge: for what so euer it pleaseth him, yt doeth he.

    4 Like as when a kynge geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so who maye saye vnto him: what doest thou?

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.

    2 A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.

    3 Commytte thy workes vnto ye LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it shal prospere.

  • Prov 19:21
    74%

    21 There are many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the coucell of ye LORDE shal stode.

  • Job 37:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 He distributeth also on euery syde, acordinge as it pleaseth him to deale out his workes, that they maye do, what so euer he commaundeth the thorow the whole worlde:

    13 whether it be to punysh eny londe, or to do good vnto them, that seke him.

  • Ps 33:15
    73%

    15 He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them, & knoweth all their workes.

  • Job 23:13
    72%

    13 It is he himself alone, who will turne him back? He doth as him listeth, and bryngeth to passe what he wil.

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

    33 The lottes are cast in to the lappe, but their fall stodeth in the LORDE.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 Amonge all thinges lyuynge, man hath the most disceatfull and vnsercheable hert. Who shall then knowe it?

    10 Euen I the LORDE ripe out the grounde off the hert, ad search the reynes and rewarde euery ma acordinge to his wayes, and acordinge to the frute off his councels.

  • Ps 22:28
    71%

    28 For the kyngdome is the LORDES, and he shal be the gouernoure of ye Heithen.

  • Ps 21:7
    71%

    7 And why? because the kinge putteth his trust in the LORDE, & in the mercy of the most hiest he shal not myscary.

  • Ps 135:6
    71%

    6 What so euer ye LORDE pleaseth, yt doth he in heaue & in earth, in the see & in all depe places.

  • Prov 17:3
    71%

    3 Like as syluer is tried in the fyre and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the LORDE proue the hertes.

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

    24 The LORDE ordreth euery mas goinges, for what is he, that vnderstondeth his owne wayes?

  • 2 Chr 30:12
    71%

    12 And the hande of God came in to Iuda, so that he gaue the one hert to do after the commaundement of the kynge and the rulers at the worde of the LORDE.

  • Prov 29:26
    71%

    26 Many there be that seke ye prynces fauoure, but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE.

  • Prov 25:3
    71%

    3 The heauen is hie, ye earth is depe, and ye kinges hert is vnsearcheable.

  • Prov 5:21
    70%

    21 For euery mas wayes are open in the sight of the LORDE, and he podereth all their goinges.

  • Job 12:24
    70%

    24 He chaungeth the herte of the prynces and kynges of the earth, and disapoynteth them: so that they go wadringe out of the waye,

  • 1 Chr 29:12
    70%

    12 Thine are riches and honoure before ye, thou reignest ouer all, in thy hande consisteth power and might, in thy hade is it to make euery man greate and stronge.

  • Job 12:15
    70%

    15 Beholde, yf he witholde the waters, they drye vp: Yf he let the go, they destroye the earth.

  • Prov 21:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29 An vngodly man goeth forth rashly, but the iust refourmeth his owne waye.

    30 There is no wy?dome, there is no vnderstondinge, there is no councell agaynst the LORDE.

  • Dan 2:21
    70%

    21 he chaungeth the tymes and ages: he putteth downe kynges, he setteth vp kynges: he geueth wy?dome vnto the wyse, and vnderstodinge to those that vnderstode

  • Ps 107:33
    70%

    33 Which turneth the floudes in to drie londe, and drieth vp the water sprynges.

  • Ps 75:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 For promocio commeth nether from the east ner from the west, ner yet fro the wyldernesse.

    8 And why? God is the iudge: he putteth downe one & setteth vp another.

  • Ps 33:11
    70%

    11 But the coucell of the LORDE endureth, and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1 For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out. The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God: and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him.

  • Prov 20:5
    70%

    5 Wyse councell in the herte of man is like a water in the depe of the earth, but he that hath vnderstondinge, bryngeth it forth.

  • Prov 15:3
    70%

    3 The eyes of the LORDE loke in euery place, both vpon ye good and badd.

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

    3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Jas 3:4
    69%

    4 Beholde also ye shyppes, which though they be so gret, and are dryuen of fearce windes, yet are they turned about with a very smale helme, whither soeuer the violence of the gouerner wyll.

  • Prov 16:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.

    15 The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe.

  • Dan 4:35
    69%

    35 in comparyson off whom, all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth acordinge to his will, amoge ye powers of heauen & amonge the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that maye resiste his honde, or saye: what doest thou?

  • Jer 4:9
    69%

    9 At the same tyme (saieth the LORDE) the hert of the kinge and of the prynces shal be gone, the prestes shalbe astonished, and the prophetes shalbe sore afrayed.

  • Ps 21:1
    69%

    1 Lorde, how ioyfull is the kynge in yi strength? O how exceadinge glad is he of thy sauynge health?

  • Jer 10:23
    69%

    23 Now I knowe (o LORDE) that is not in mas power to ordre his owne waies, or to rule his owne steppes & goinges.

  • Isa 32:1
    69%

    1 Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite.

  • Ps 37:23
    69%

    23 The LORDE ordreth a good mans goinge, & hath pleasure in his waye.

  • Job 34:21
    69%

    21 And why? his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seyth all his goinges.

  • Ps 7:9
    68%

    9 Oh let the wickednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but manteyne the iust,