9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:9
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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Verse 9
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A man’sאָ֭דָםH120Noun - masculine singularheartלֵ֣בH3820Noun - masculine singular constructplansיְחַשֵּׁ֣בH2803Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis courseדַּרְכּ֑וֹH1870Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singularbut the LORDוַֽ֝יהוָ֗הH3068Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singulardeterminesיָכִ֥יןH3559Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis stepsצַעֲדֽוֹ׃H6806Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular