Proverbs 16:1 Cross References - BBE

¹ The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

¹¹ And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? ¹² So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.

¹⁵ Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.

³¹ So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

²⁷ Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

¹¹ O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. Now I was the king's wine-servant.

¹⁷ Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

³⁶ Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

⁹ A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

²¹ A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

²⁴ A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

¹ The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

⁷ But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say. ⁸ Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord. ⁹ Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:

²³ O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

³⁹ And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them: ⁴⁰ And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

²⁶ And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.

¹⁹ But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you; ²⁰ Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

¹¹ And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say: ¹² For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.

¹⁴ So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give: ¹⁵ For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

¹⁶ But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.

¹³ For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

¹⁶ Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers. ¹⁷ Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning. ¹⁸ Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.