Proverbs 20:24 KJV
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Matthew Henry
- Proverbs 20:1–30It seems hard to believe that men of the greatest abilities, as well as the ignorant, should render themselves fools and madmen, merely for the taste or...
Thompson Chains
- Divine LeaderSee the chain from Deuteronomy 8:2 · 11 links
- Man's IgnoranceSee the chain from Job 8:9 · 5 links
Parallel Passages
- Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
- 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.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
- 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.
- Psalms 25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
- Psalms 25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
- Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Acts 17:28 For 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.
- Psalms 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
- Daniel 5:23 But 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:
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Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Man's גָבֶר gāber גֶּבֶר Noun · masculine singular
- goings מִצְעֲדֵי miṣʿădê מִצְעָד Noun · masculine plural construct
- of the LORD מֵיהוָה mēyhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
- how can a man וְאָדָם wĕʾādām אָדָם Noun · masculine singular · with and מַה mah Interrogative
- then understand יָּבִין yābîn בִּין Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- his own way דַּרְכּוֹ darkô דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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