1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
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There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: …
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1)As we read this, it teaches us a great truth, that we are not sufficient of ourselves to think or speak any thing of ourselves that is wise and good, but that all our sufficiency is of God , who is with the heart and with the mouth, and works in us both to will and to do , Phil. 2:13 ; Ps. 10:17 . But most read it otherwise: The preparation of the heart is in man (he may contrive and design this a…
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