Cross references

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD;

He directs it where He pleases.

Proverbs 21:1 BSB

Proverbs 21:1 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:9 (56 votes) and Proverbs 20:24 (35 votes). 40 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 12 to Revelation 17.

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Which verses does Proverbs 21:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

  2. A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

  3. Ezra 6:2234 votes

    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

  4. Acts 7:1032 votes

    and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

  5. The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

  6. Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.

  7. Daniel 4:3526 votes

    All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

  8. Psalm 106:4623 votes

    He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

  9. Isaiah 43:1919 votes

    Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

  10. Nehemiah 2:418 votes

    “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

  11. Psalm 105:2513 votes
  12. Psalm 74:1510 votes
  13. Psalm 93:47 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 21:1?

The 10 strongest of 40.