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Amsal 16:9

Hati manusia memikir-mikirkan jalannya, tetapi Tuhanlah yang menentukan arah langkahnya.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Righteous, the;   Righteous-Wicked;   Saint's;   Saints;   Steps, Saints';   The Topic Concordance - Guidance;   Heart;   Man;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heart;   Mind/reason;   Providence of God;   Religion;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Predestination;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Poetry, Hebrew;   Providence;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 7;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Hati manusia memikir-mikirkan jalannya, tetapi Tuhanlah yang menentukan arah langkahnya.

Contextual Overview

9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 16:1, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 20:24, Proverbs 21:30, Psalms 37:23, Isaiah 46:10, Jeremiah 10:23

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:5 - General 1 Samuel 2:9 - will keep 1 Samuel 19:23 - until he came 2 Kings 8:5 - the woman Esther 1:11 - Vashti Esther 5:8 - to morrow Job 17:11 - purposes Psalms 127:1 - The Lord Proverbs 3:6 - and Proverbs 21:1 - The king's Lamentations 3:37 - saith

Cross-References

Genesis 16:5
And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: there is wrong done vnto me by thee: I haue geuen my mayde into thy bosome, whiche seyng that she hath conceaued, I am despised in her eyes, the Lorde be iudge betweene thee & me.
Genesis 16:6
But Abram sayde to Sarai: beholde thy mayde is in thy hande, do with her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fledde from the face of her.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.
Ephesians 5:21
Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God.
Titus 2:9
[Exhort] seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A man's heart deviseth his way,.... This is to be understood, not of a wicked man, in whose heart is frowardness, and who devises mischief and evil imaginations continually, Proverbs 6:14; for such are an abomination to the Lord; nor will he direct their goings, or prosper and succeed them in their ways: but of a good man, or righteous man, as Aben Ezra; who thinks of the way in which he should go, and desires to walk in a right way, as Jarchi; and who is influenced by the Spirit and grace of God to think and act in this manner; for otherwise the way of man is not in himself; it is not of his own devising and finding out; nor is his disposition to walk in it of himself; and it is only such a man, a good man, whose steps are ordered by the Lord, as follows; see

Jeremiah 10:23;

but the Lord directeth his steps: to go right on, and not turn to the right hand or the left; and to walk safely and surely, through a variety of troubles and difficulties, to his kingdom and glory.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deviseth his way - i. e., Thinks it out with anxious care; yet it is the Lord and He only who directs the steps. Compare Proverbs 16:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 16:9. A man's heart deviseth his way — This is precisely the same sentiment as that contained in the first verse, on the true meaning of which so much has been already said.


 
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