Proverbs 16:1

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

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  • Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
  • Prov 20:24 : 24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
  • Luke 21:14-15 : 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
  • 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Jer 1:7-9 : 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
  • Jer 10:23 : 23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
  • Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
  • Ezek 36:26-27 : 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
  • Exod 4:11-12 : 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
  • Exod 4:15 : 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
  • 2 Chr 18:31 : 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
  • Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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    14Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

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