A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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Proverbs 16:7-11
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).
(Compare Pro 16:3). directeth--establisheth.
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There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.