16 The plans of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.

³ Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.

⁹ A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure.^(A)

¹⁶ How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.^(A)