Proverbs 20:24

Proverbs chapter 20 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

King James Version · 1611

Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

American Standard Version · 1901

A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

v.23Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

v.24This passage

v.25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 37:23
A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
Daniel 5:23
but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Jeremiah 10:23
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
Acts 17:28
for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.