1The 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 plansמַֽעַרְכֵי־H4633Noun - masculine plural constructof the heartלֵ֑בH3820Noun - masculine singularbelong to manלְאָדָ֥םH120Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularbut the replyמַעֲנֵ֥הH4617Noun - masculine singular constructof the tongueלָשֽׁוֹן׃H3956Noun - common singular[is] from the LORDוּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗הH3068Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular