Proverbs 20:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
  • Jer 10:23 : 23 LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.
  • Ps 25:4 : 4 Make me understand your ways, O LORD! Teach me your paths!
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said,‘For we too are his offspring.’
  • Ps 37:23 : 23 The LORD grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone– gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 10:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

    23LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

    24Correct us, LORD, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

  • Prov 5:21
    81%

    21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.

  • Prov 16:9
    79%

    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Job 34:21
    78%

    21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

  • Ps 37:23
    76%

    23The LORD grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 14:12
    74%

    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

    2All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

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

  • Job 28:23
    73%

    23God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.

  • Prov 21:8
    73%

    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Prov 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

    6Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

  • Prov 4:26
    72%

    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

  • Prov 16:25
    72%

    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Eccl 8:7
    72%

    7Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

  • Prov 5:6
    72%

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Job 38:20
    72%

    20that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?

  • Job 31:4
    72%

    4Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

  • Prov 4:19
    72%

    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Ps 17:5
    71%

    5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

  • Hos 14:9
    71%

    9Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

  • Prov 15:24
    71%

    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 19:21
    71%

    21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

  • Ps 144:4
    71%

    4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

  • Ps 77:19
    71%

    19You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

  • Prov 20:23
    71%

    23The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

  • Prov 10:9
    71%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Ps 94:11
    71%

    11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

  • Prov 2:20
    70%

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 21:16
    70%

    16The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

  • Job 24:23
    70%

    23God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

  • Eccl 6:12
    70%

    12For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

  • Eccl 7:24
    70%

    24Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

  • Prov 24:12
    70%

    12If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?

  • Prov 20:25
    70%

    25It is a snare for a person to rashly cry,“Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

  • Job 34:11
    70%

    11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

  • Job 20:4
    70%

    4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • Prov 14:8
    70%

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Job 18:7
    70%

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • Prov 2:9
    70%

    9Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.

  • Prov 20:11
    70%

    11Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1Everyone Will Die So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated– no one knows what lies ahead.

  • Eccl 3:21
    69%

    21Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

  • Job 28:20
    69%

    20God Alone Has Wisdom“But wisdom– where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?