The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 16:1 in context
Proverbs 16:1–4
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The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
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All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,
but the LORD weighs the motives.
3
Commit your deeds to the LORD,
and your plans shall succeed.
4
The LORD has made everything for its own end—
yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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