Proverbs 21:1

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Proverbs 21:1

A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.

Ezra 7:27-28

Praise Yahweh the God of our fathers, who has put it into the king’s mind to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,

They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the Lord had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 1:11

Please, Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and to that of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success today, and have compassion on him in the presence of this man.

At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven

Psalm 74:15

You opened up springs and streams;
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

Psalm 93:4

Greater than the roar of many waters—
the mighty breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is majestic.

Psalm 105:25

whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.

Psalm 106:46

He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.

Psalm 114:3

The sea looked and fled;
the Jordan turned back.

Psalm 114:5

Why was it, sea, that you fled?
Jordan, that you turned back?

Proverbs 16:1

The reflections of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

A man’s heart plans his way,
but the Lord determines his steps.

Proverbs 20:24

A man’s steps are determined by the Lord,
so how can anyone understand his own way?

Isaiah 43:19

Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 44:27

who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,”
and I will dry up your rivers;

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Acts 7:10

and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

Revelation 16:4

The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

Revelation 16:12

The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

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Summary

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

The king's

As

General references

Genesis 12:18

Bible References

The king's

The reflections of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

A man’s steps are determined by the Lord,
so how can anyone understand his own way?

Praise Yahweh the God of our fathers, who has put it into the king’s mind to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,

At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.

Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven

whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.

He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.

and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

As

You opened up springs and streams;
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

Greater than the roar of many waters—
the mighty breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is majestic.

The sea looked and fled;
the Jordan turned back.

Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert.

who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,”
and I will dry up your rivers;

The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

General references

So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?