THEOSISProverbs 21:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.
פַּלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם לֶב־מֶ֭לֶךְ בְּיַד־יְהוָ֑ה עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֖ר יַחְפֹּ֣ץ יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 16:9The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.
- Prov 20:24The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
- Ezra 6:22And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel.
- Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and over all his house.
- Prov 16:1It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.
- Dan 4:35
- Ezra 7:27Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in the king's heart, to glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem,
- Ezra 7:28And hath inclined his mercy toward me before the king and his counsellors, and all the mighty princes of the king: and I being strengthened by the hand of the Lord my God, which was upon me, gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.