1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:1
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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The plans מַֽעַרְכֵי־ H4633 Noun - masculine plural construct of the heart לֵ֑ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular belong to man לְאָדָ֥ם H120 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular but the reply מַעֲנֵ֥ה H4617 Noun - masculine singular construct of the tongue לָשֽׁוֹן׃ H3956 Noun - common singular [is] from the LORD וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה H3068 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular