THEOSISProverbs 20:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
מֵיהוָ֥ה מִצְעֲדֵי־גָ֑בֶר וְ֝אָדָ֗ם מַה־יָּבִ֥ין דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 10:23I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.
- Prov 16:9The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.
- Ps 25 (24):12
- Ps 37 (36):23
- Ps 25 (24):4
- Prov 14:8The wisdom of a discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.
- Acts 17:28For in him we live and move and are: as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring.
- Dan 5:23But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.