Proverbs 16:1
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16 The plans of the mind belong to mortals,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:21
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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)
Proverbs 16:9
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9 The human mind plans the way,
but the Lord directs the steps.(A)
Luke 21:14-15
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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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- 21.15 Gk a mouth
Philippians 2:13
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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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Proverbs 20:24
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24 All our steps are ordered by the Lord;
how then can we understand our own ways?(A)
Matthew 10:19-20
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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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Luke 12:11-12
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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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Jeremiah 10:23
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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)
Ezekiel 36:26-27
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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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Proverbs 21:1
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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.
Jeremiah 32:39-40
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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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Jeremiah 1:7-9
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7 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.
8 Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
says the Lord.”(A)
9 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)
Psalm 119:36
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36 Turn my heart to your decrees
and not to selfish gain.(A)
Exodus 4:15
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15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what you shall do.(A)
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Exodus 4:11-12
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11 Then the Lord said to him, “Who gives speech to mortals? Who makes them mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?(A) 12 Now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak.”(B)
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James 1:16-18
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16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters. 17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a](A) 18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.(B)
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- 1.17 Other ancient authorities read variation due to a shadow of turning
Psalm 10:17
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17 O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear(A)
Ezra 7:27
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27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem(A)
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Nehemiah 1:11
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11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man!”
At the time, I was cupbearer to the king.(A)
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2 Chronicles 18:31
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31 When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him,(A)
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2 Corinthians 8:16
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Commendation of Titus
16 But thanks be to God, who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have.
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