Verse 1

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

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  • Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given to you in that same hour what you shall speak. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
  • Prov 20:24 : 24 A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man understand his own way?
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 And when they bring you to the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, do not be anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say. 12 For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that same hour what you ought to say.
  • Luke 21:14-15 : 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer: 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist.
  • 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.
  • Jer 1:7-9 : 7 But the LORD said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
  • Jer 10:23 : 23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
  • Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
  • Ezek 36:26-27 : 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
  • Exod 4:11-12 : 11 And the LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.
  • Exod 4:15 : 15 And you shall speak to him, and put words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
  • 2 Chr 18:31 : 31 And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they surrounded him to fight; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God moved them to depart from him.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 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:
  • 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 10:17 : 17 LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,
  • Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.