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Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
Proverbs 21:1 · World English Bible
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Proverbs 21:1 in other translations
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
The king's heart is in the Lord 's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
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In context
1 The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
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