Pro 16:1, 20:24, Jam 4:13-14 | ESV | STEP | The plans of the heart belong to man , but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord .

a[Matt. 10:19, 20]

bSee ch. 16:9

c Prov. 27:1; Luke 12:18-20

d Ps. 102:3; [Job 7:7]

Proverbs 16:1

1 The plans of the heart belong to man,
but ^athe answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 20:24

24 A man’s ^bsteps are from the Lord;
how then can man understand his way?

James 4:13-14

Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Come now, you who say, ^c“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For ^dyou are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.