Proverbs 21:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:9 : 9 ¶ A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
  • Prov 20:24 : 24 ¶ Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
  • Ezra 6:22 : 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and [among] the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Ps 106:46 : 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 ¶ The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
  • Ezra 7:27-28 : 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: 28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God [was] upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
  • 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 105:25 : 25 ¶ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
  • Neh 2:4 : 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
  • Ps 74:15 : 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
  • Ps 93:4 : 4 The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.
  • Isa 44:27 : 27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

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    1¶ The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.

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    12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

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    15He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

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    13¶ But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.

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    33¶ The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.

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    7¶ For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

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    6Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

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    3¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

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

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    12Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

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  • Prov 5:21
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    21For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

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