Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue. New Living Translation We can make our own plans, but the LORD gives the right answer. English Standard Version The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Berean Standard Bible The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD. King James Bible The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. New King James Version The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. New American Standard Bible The plans of the heart belong to a person, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. NASB 1995 The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. NASB 1977 The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. Amplified Bible The plans and reflections of the heart belong to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Christian Standard Bible The reflections of the heart belong to mankind, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible The reflections of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. American Standard Version The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. Contemporary English Version We humans make plans, but the LORD has the final word. English Revised Version The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation The plans of the heart belong to humans, but an answer on the tongue comes from the LORD. Good News Translation We may make our plans, but God has the last word. International Standard Version People do the planning, but the end result is from the LORD. Majority Standard Bible The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD. NET Bible The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD. New Heart English Bible The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD. World English Bible The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionArrangements of the heart [are] of man, "" An answer of the tongue from YHWH. Young's Literal Translation Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. Smith's Literal Translation To man the dispositions of the heart, and the answer of the tongue from Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIt is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. Catholic Public Domain Version It is for man to prepare the soul, and for the Lord to govern the tongue. New American Bible Plans are made in human hearts, but from the LORD comes the tongue’s response. New Revised Standard Version The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTHE reasoning of the mind is from man; but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated From a son of man is the thought of the heart and the speech of the tongue is from LORD JEHOVAH. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The preparations of the heart are man's, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD. 2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.… Cross References James 4:13-15 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” / You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. / Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.” Jeremiah 10:23 I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps. Psalm 37:23 The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. Proverbs 19:21 Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail. Matthew 10:19-20 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. / For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose. Psalm 33:10-11 The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples. / The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations. 1 Corinthians 2:11 For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Ephesians 1:11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases. Acts 17:28 ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’ Job 33:14-17 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices. / In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds, / He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings ... 2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God. Treasury of Scripture The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. and Exodus 4:11,12,15 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? … Jeremiah 1:7-9 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak… Matthew 10:19,20 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak… Jump to Previous Arrangements Belong Designs Heart Mind Plans Preparations Purposes TongueJump to Next Arrangements Belong Designs Heart Mind Plans Preparations Purposes TongueProverbs 16 1. The Plans of the heartThe plans of the heart The Hebrew word for "plans" is "maḥăšāḇâ," which refers to thoughts, intentions, or designs. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the heart was considered the center of not only emotions but also intellect and will. This phrase acknowledges human agency and the ability to devise and strategize. It reflects the God-given capacity for creativity and decision-making, emphasizing that while humans can plan, their understanding is limited and finite. belong to man but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD (1) The preparations of the heart in man . . .--Rather, To man belong the counsels of the heart. He may turn over in his mind what is the right thing to be said on any occasion, "but from the Lord is the answer of the tongue." (Comp. Proverbs 15:23.) Verses 1-7. - These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Verse 1. - The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any contrast or antithesis. This is plainly wrong, there being intended a contrast between the thought of the heart and the well ordered speech. It is better translated, The plans of the heart are man's: but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. Men make plans, arrange speeches, muster arguments, in the mind; but to put these into proper, persuasive words is a gift of God. "Our sufficiency is of God" (2 Corinthians 3:5). In the case of Balaam, God overruled the wishes and intentions of the prophet, and constrained him to give utterance to something very different from his original mental conceptions. But the present sentence attributes the outward expression of what the mind has conceived in every case unto the help of God (comp. vers. 9, 33; Proverbs 15:23). Christ enjoined his disciples to trust to momentary inspiration in their apologies or defences before unbelievers (Matthew 10:19). This verse is omitted in the Septuagint.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The plansמַֽעַרְכֵי־ (ma·‘ar·ḵê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4633: An arrangement, mental disposition of the heart לֵ֑ב (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre belong to man, לְאָדָ֥ם (lə·’ā·ḏām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being but the reply מַעֲנֵ֥ה (ma·‘ă·nêh) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4617: An answer, response of the tongue לָשֽׁוֹן׃ (lā·šō·wn) Noun - common singular Strong's 3956: The tongue [is] from the LORD. וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Proverbs 16:1 NIVProverbs 16:1 NLT Proverbs 16:1 ESV Proverbs 16:1 NASB Proverbs 16:1 KJV Proverbs 16:1 BibleApps.com Proverbs 16:1 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 16:1 Chinese Bible Proverbs 16:1 French Bible Proverbs 16:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 16:1 The plans of the heart belong (Prov. 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