 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - Congregational churches - 1839 - 486 pages
...you may trust him, or fear him, for what is to come, God only knoweth ! SERMON II. PROVERBS xvi. 9. A MAN'S HEART DEVISETH HIS WAY; BUT THE LORD DIRECTETH HIS STEPS. THAT the providence of God extends to the minutest concerns in the life of every man, and that, how... | |
 | William Raymond Weeks - Bible - 1839 - 180 pages
...the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Prov. 16. 9. "A man's heart deviseth his way ; but the Lord directeth his steps." But they are all directed by his own will. Therefore, God directs them by directing his will. Verse... | |
 | Thomas Manton - Bible - 1840 - 478 pages
...creature, to dispose of the success of human affairs ; therefore herein God will be acknowledged : " A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps" (Prov. xvi. 9). Man designeth, but the execution depcndeth wholly upon God's will and providence. In... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...shall tend to the honour of i just and holy God. with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps. " A divine sentence » in the ,. pi(ms princes )ook fop the ^^ .ijjs of the king : his mouth blessing... | |
 | Baptists - 1840 - 792 pages
...knows not which way it will next turn ; and when he is called to verify the scripture declaration " a man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps." Our friend felt he was now come to a turning point in life, and his guardians felt so too, and were... | |
 | Alexander Smith Paterson - 1841 - 486 pages
...creatures, and all their actions. Psal. ciii. 19.—" His kingdom ruleth over all." Prov. xvi. 9—" A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps.'' 3. That God's works of providence are most holy. Psal. cxlv. 17.—" The Lord is righteous in all his... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1841 - 700 pages
...without the Lord, as though they were not subject to his government, so in another place he says, " A man's heart deviseth his way ; but the Lord directeth his steps ; (k) signifying that the eternal decrees of God form no impediment to our providing for ourselves,... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - Bible - 1841 - 186 pages
...laying up in the monarch's soul the thought, which Himself should hereafter kindle to save it. Verily, " a man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps"." " The ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He pondereth all his goings ; his own iniquities... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...be at peace with him. 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. 9 A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps. 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king : his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. 11 A just... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, and that very day his thoughts perish. — Ps. cxlvi. 3,4. A man's heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps, &c. The lot is cast into the lap : but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.— Prov. xvi. 9.... | |
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A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps. 
