Proverbs 21:1

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 eparations 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 counsellers, 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 thi 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:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

  • Prov 16:9-10
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    77%

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

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

  • Eccl 8:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

    4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1The eparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

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

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

  • Prov 19:21
    74%

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

  • Job 37:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

    13He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

  • Ps 33:15
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    15He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

  • Job 23:13
    72%

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

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

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

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
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    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    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.

  • Ps 22:28
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    28For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

  • Ps 21:7
    71%

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

  • Ps 135:6
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    6Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

  • Prov 17:3
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

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

  • 2 Chr 30:12
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 29:26
    71%

    26Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

  • Prov 25:3
    71%

    3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

  • Prov 5:21
    70%

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

  • Job 12:24
    70%

    24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

  • 1 Chr 29:12
    70%

    12Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

  • Job 12:15
    70%

    15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Prov 21:29-30
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the uight, he directeth his way.

    30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

  • Dan 2:21
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    21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

  • Ps 107:33
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    33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

  • Ps 75:7-8
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    7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

    8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

  • Ps 33:11
    70%

    11The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1For all this I considered in my heart even to dlare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Prov 20:5
    70%

    5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • Prov 15:3
    70%

    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

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

  • Jas 3:4
    69%

    4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

  • Prov 16:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

    15In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

  • Dan 4:35
    69%

    35And 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?

  • Jer 4:9
    69%

    9And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

  • Ps 21:1
    69%

    1To the chief Musician, A alm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

  • Jer 10:23
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    23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

  • Isa 32:1
    69%

    1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

  • Ps 37:23
    69%

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

  • Job 34:21
    69%

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

  • Ps 7:9
    68%

    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.