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Proverbs 16:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Chapter 16

1 Plans are made in human hearts,
    but from the Lord comes the tongue’s response.[a]
2 All one’s ways are pure[b] in one’s own eyes,
    but the measurer of motives is the Lord.(A)
3 Entrust your works to the Lord,
    and your plans will succeed.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:1 Words, like actions, often produce results different from those which were planned, and this comes under the agency of God.
  2. 16:2 “Pure” in a moral sense for human action is found only in Job and Proverbs. As in v. 1, the contrast is between human intent and divine assessment.
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