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16 The plans of the mind belong to mortals,
    but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

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16 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
    but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.(A)

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21 The human mind may devise many plans,
    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.(A)

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21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(A)

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The human mind plans the way,
    but the Lord directs the steps.(A)

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In their hearts humans plan their course,
    but the Lord establishes their steps.(A)

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14 So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance,(A) 15 for I will give you words[a] and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 21.15 Gk a mouth

14 But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.(A) 15 For I will give you(B) words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

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13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

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13 for it is God who works in you(A) to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.(B)

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24 All our steps are ordered by the Lord;
    how then can we understand our own ways?(A)

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24 A person’s steps are directed(A) by the Lord.(B)
    How then can anyone understand their own way?(C)

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19 When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you at that time, 20 for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.(A)

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19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.(A) At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father(B) speaking through you.

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11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how or what[a] you will answer or what you are to say,(A) 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say.”

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  1. 12.11 Other ancient authorities lack or what

11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,(A) 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”(B)

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23 I know, O Lord, that the way of humans is not in their control,
    that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.(A)

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Jeremiah’s Prayer

23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
    it is not for them to direct their steps.(A)

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26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.(A) 27 I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.(B)

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26 I will give you a new heart(A) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone(B) and give you a heart of flesh.(C) 27 And I will put my Spirit(D) in you and move you to follow my decrees(E) and be careful to keep my laws.(F)

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21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.

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21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
    that he channels toward all who please him.(A)

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39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(A) 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them, and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they may not turn from me.

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39 I will give them singleness(A) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(B) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant(C) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire(D) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.(E)

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But the Lord said to me,

“Do not say, ‘I am only a boy,’
for you shall go to all to whom I send you,
and you shall speak whatever I command you.
Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
            says the Lord.”(A)

Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me,

“Now I have put my words in your mouth.(B)

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But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid(A) of them, for I am with you(B) and will rescue(C) you,” declares the Lord.(D)

Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched(E) my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.(F)

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