Proverbs 21:1
King James Version (KJV)
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
World English Bible (WEB)
The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
Proverbs 21:1 Cross References
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
