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Proverbs 21:1

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

The king's {H4428} heart {H3820} is in the hand {H3027} of the LORD {H3068}, as the rivers {H6388} of water {H4325}: he turneth {H5186} it whithersoever he will {H2654}.

The king's heart in ADONAI's hand is like streams of water -he directs it wherever he pleases.

The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 16:9 (45 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 20:24 (33 votes)

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

  • Ezra 6:22 (30 votes)

    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 (26 votes)

    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.

  • Proverbs 16:1 (25 votes)

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

  • Daniel 4:35 (21 votes)

    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?

  • Ezra 7:27 (20 votes)

    ¶ 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: