Proverbs 16:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:21 : 21 Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 The heart of man purposeth his way: but the Lord doeth direct his steppes.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought howe or what ye shall speake: for it shall be giuen you in that houre, what ye shall say. 20 For it is not yee that speake, but the spirite of your father which speaketh in you.
  • Prov 20:24 : 24 The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you, both the will and the deede, euen of his good pleasure.
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 And when they shal bring you vnto the Synagogues, and vnto the rulers and Princes, take no thought howe, or what thing ye shall answere, or what yee shall speake. 12 For the holy Ghost shall teache you in the same houre, what yee ought to say.
  • Luke 21:14-15 : 14 Lay it vp therefore in your heartes, that ye cast not before hand, what ye shall answere. 15 For I will giue you a mouth and wisdome, where against all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake, nor resist.
  • 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 And thanks be vnto God, which hath put in the heart of Titus the same care for you.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.
  • Jer 1:7-9 : 7 But the Lord said vnto me, Say not, I am a childe: for thou shalt goe to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoeuer I command thee, shalt thou speake. 8 Be not afraide of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lord. 9 Then the Lord stretched out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said vnto me, Beholde, I haue put my wordes in thy mouth.
  • Jer 10:23 : 23 O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.
  • Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I wil giue them one heart and one way that they may feare me for euer for ye wealth of them, and of their children after them. 40 And I wil make an euerlasting couenant with them, that I wil neuer turne away from them to doe them good, but I wil put my feare in their hearts, that they shal not depart from me.
  • Ezek 36:26-27 : 26 A newe heart also will I giue you, and a new spirit wil I put within you, and I will take away the stonie heart out of your body, and I will giue you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirite within you, and cause you to walke in my statutes, and ye shall keepe my iudgements and do them.
  • Exod 4:11-12 : 11 Then the Lorde said vnto him, Who hath giuen the mouth to man? or who hath made the domme, or the deafe, or him that seeth, or the blinde? haue not I the Lorde? 12 Therefore goe nowe, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
  • Exod 4:15 : 15 Therefore thou shalt speake vnto him, and put the wordes in his mouth, and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye ought to doe.
  • 2 Chr 18:31 : 31 And when the captaines of the charets saw Iehoshaphat, they sayde, It is the King of Israel: and they compassed about him to fight. But Iehoshaphat cryed, and the Lorde helped him & moued them to depart from him.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be the Lorde God of our fathers, which so hath put in the Kings heart, to beautifie the house of the Lord that is in Ierusalem,
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let thine eare now hearken to the prayer of thy seruant, and to the prayer of thy seruants, who desire to feare thy Name, & I pray thee, cause thy seruant to prosper this day, and giue him fauour in the presence of this man: for I was the Kings butler.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 Lorde, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
  • Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Erre not, my deare brethren. 17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:9-11
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    9The heart of man purposeth his way: but the Lord doeth direct his steppes.

    10A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.

    11A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.

  • Prov 16:2-3
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    78%

    2All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

    3Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde, and thy thoughts shalbe directed.

  • Prov 19:21
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    21Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.

  • Prov 21:1-2
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    1The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.

    2Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Prov 15:23
    74%

    23A ioy commeth to a man by the answere of his mouth: and how good is a word in due seaso?

  • Prov 16:33
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    33The lot is cast into the lappe: but the whole disposition thereof is of the Lord.

  • Jer 17:9-10
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    9The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?

    10I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

  • Prov 2:6
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    6For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.

  • Prov 16:20-21
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    72%

    20He that is wise in his busines, shall finde good: and he that trusteth in the Lord, he is blessed.

    21The wise in heart shall bee called prudent: and the sweetenesse of the lippes shall increase doctrine.

  • Prov 17:3
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    3As is the fining pot for siluer, and the fornace for golde, so the Lord trieth the heartes.

  • Prov 29:26
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    26Many doe seeke the face of the ruler: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lord.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

    2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 20:5
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    5The counsell in the heart of man is like deepe waters: but a man that hath vnderstanding, will drawe it out.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.

  • Matt 15:18
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    18But those thinges which proceede out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
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    16O Lorde our God, all this abundance that we haue prepared to buylde thee an house for thine holy Name, is of thine hand & all is thine.

  • Ps 49:3
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    3My mouth shal speake of wisdome, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge.

  • Prov 15:11
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    11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the sonnes of men?

  • Isa 29:13
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    13Therefore the Lord sayd, Because this people come neere vnto me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but haue remooued their heart farre from me, and their feare toward me was taught by the precept of men,

  • Prov 18:15
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    15A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Prov 16:13
    70%

    13Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.

  • Ps 33:15
    70%

    15He facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.

  • Prov 27:19
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    19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

  • Ps 45:1
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    1To him that excelleth on Shoshannim a song of loue to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. Mine heart will vtter forth a good matter: I wil intreat in my workes of the King: my tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.

  • Prov 18:21
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    21Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way that seemeth right vnto man: but the issue thereof are the wayes of death.

  • Prov 20:27
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    27The light of the Lorde is the breath of man, and searcheth all the bowels of the belly.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man shalbe satiate with good things by the fruite of his mouth, and the recompence of a mans hands shall God giue vnto him.

  • Jer 10:23
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    23O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.

  • Job 33:3
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    3My words are in the vprightnesse of mine heart, & my lippes shall speake pure knowledge.

  • Luke 21:14
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    14Lay it vp therefore in your heartes, that ye cast not before hand, what ye shall answere.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good, and an euill man out of the euill treasure of his heart bringeth foorth euill: for of the aboundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.