Jeremiah 10:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:24 : 24 ¶ Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 ¶ The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
  • Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
  • Ps 119:116-117 : 116 ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

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  • 24¶ Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

  • 9¶ A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

  • 24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

  • 23The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

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    5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

    6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  • 12¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2¶ Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.

    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • 21For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

  • 9¶ He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • 25¶ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

  • 2¶ Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

  • 23¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:

  • Job 23:10-11
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    10But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

    11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

  • 11The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

  • 23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

  • 5¶ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

  • 5Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

  • 8[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

  • 9Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • 6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].

  • 7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Prov 16:1-2
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    1¶ The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.

    2¶ All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

  • 8¶ The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.

  • 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.

  • 19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  • 8For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

  • 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

  • 8The way of peace they know not; and [there is] no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

  • 21For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

  • 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

  • 3Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.

  • 21¶ [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

  • 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

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    6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 22Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  • 10I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.

  • 13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

  • 3LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

  • 4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].

  • 11For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

  • 19Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

  • 9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

  • 20That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • 30¶ [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

  • 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  • 2I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?