Proverbs 21:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.

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  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.
  • Prov 20:24 : 24 A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man 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 toward 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 favor 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 does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
  • Ps 106:46 : 46 He made those who carried them captives to pity them.
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.
  • Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: 28 And has extended mercy to me before the king, and his counselors, 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 chief men from Israel to go up with me.
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, I beg You, let now Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants, who desire to fear Your name: and prosper, I pray You, Your 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 deceitfully with his servants.
  • Neh 2:4 : 4 Then the king said to me, What do you request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
  • Ps 74:15 : 15 You cleaved open the fountain and the flood: You dried up mighty rivers.
  • Ps 93:4 : 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.
  • Isa 44:27 : 27 Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:2
    81%

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Prov 16:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

  • Eccl 8:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.

    4Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

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

    3Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.

  • Prov 19:21
    74%

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

  • Job 37:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12And it turns around by his counsel, so that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth.

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

  • Ps 33:15
    73%

    15He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.

  • Job 23:13
    72%

    13But he is of one mind, and who can change him? And whatever his soul desires, that he does.

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

    33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    10I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

  • Ps 22:28
    71%

    28For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and He is the governor among the nations.

  • Ps 21:7
    71%

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

  • Ps 135:6
    71%

    6Whatever the LORD pleased, that he did in heaven, and on earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

  • Prov 17:3
    71%

    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

    24A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man 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 favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.

  • Prov 25:3
    71%

    3The heavens 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 ponders all his paths.

  • Job 12:24
    70%

    24He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

  • 1 Chr 29:12
    70%

    12Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all; in Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.

  • Job 12:15
    70%

    15Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Prov 21:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

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

  • Dan 2:21
    70%

    21And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.

  • Ps 107:33
    70%

    33He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground;

  • Ps 75:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7But God is the judge; he puts down one and exalts another.

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

  • Ps 33:11
    70%

    11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows 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, watching the evil and the good.

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Jas 3:4
    69%

    4Look also at the ships, which, though they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned with a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.

  • 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 favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.

  • Dan 4:35
    69%

    35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?

  • Jer 4:9
    69%

    9And it shall come to pass in that day, says 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%

    1The king shall rejoice in your strength, O LORD; and in your salvation, how greatly shall he rejoice!

  • Jer 10:23
    69%

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

  • Isa 32:1
    69%

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

  • Ps 37:23
    69%

    23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.

  • Job 34:21
    69%

    21For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He sees 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 tries the hearts and minds.