Proverbs 20:24 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁴Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Proverbs 20:24 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 10:23
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Psalms 25:12
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalms 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Psalms 25:4
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Ignorance Lord Majesty Man

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 24)

We are here taught that in all our affairs, 1. We have a necessary and constant dependence upon God. All our natural actions depend upon his providence, all our spiritual actions upon his grace. The best man is no better than God makes him; and every creature is that to us which it is the will of God that it should be. Our enterprises succeed, not as we desire and design, but as God directs and di…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 24)

24. Man’s goings--literally, “Stately steppings of a strong man.” a man--any common man. understand--or, “perceive.”