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Proverbs 20:24

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Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
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  1. Proverbs 16:9Rank 1 from verse 24
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    9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

  2. Jeremiah 10:23Rank 2 from verse 24
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    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.

  3. Psalms 25:12Rank 3 from verse 24
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    12What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

  4. Psalms 37:23Rank 4 from verse 24
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    23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

  5. Psalms 25:4Rank 5 from verse 24
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    4Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

  6. Proverbs 14:8Rank 6 from verse 24
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  7. Daniel 5:23Rank 7 from verse 24
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    23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  8. Acts 17:28Rank 8 from verse 24
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    28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  9. Isaiah 10:6–7Rank 9 from verse 24
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    6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

    7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

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Proverbs 20:24

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

20:24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

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20:25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

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