Bible verse
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
Proverbs 21:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 21.
1 The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
2 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
KJV
The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
ASV
The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
ERV
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
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