Proverbs 20:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:9 : 9 ¶ A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
  • 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.
  • Ps 25:4 : 4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2 verses
    81%

    23O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

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

  • Prov 5:21
    81%

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

  • Prov 16:9
    79%

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

  • Job 34:21
    78%

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

  • Ps 37:23
    76%

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

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1¶ The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 14:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    3¶ Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

  • Job 28:23
    73%

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

  • Prov 21:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Prov 4:26
    72%

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

  • Prov 16:25
    72%

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

  • Eccl 8:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 5:6
    72%

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

  • Job 38:20
    72%

    20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

  • Job 31:4
    72%

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

  • Prov 4:19
    72%

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

  • Ps 17:5
    71%

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

  • Hos 14:9
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 15:24
    71%

    24¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 19:21
    71%

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

  • Ps 144:4
    71%

    4Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.

  • Ps 77:19
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:23
    71%

    23¶ Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.

  • Prov 10:9
    71%

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

  • Ps 94:11
    71%

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

  • Prov 2:20
    70%

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

  • Prov 21:16
    70%

    16¶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

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    70%

    23[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.

  • Eccl 6:12
    70%

    12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 7:24
    70%

    24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

  • Prov 24:12
    70%

    12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?

  • Prov 20:25
    70%

    25¶ [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

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    70%

    11For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.

  • Job 20:4
    70%

    4Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

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    70%

    8¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

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    70%

    7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    69%

    21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

  • Job 28:20
    69%

    20¶ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?