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Chapter 16

Plans are made in human hearts,
    but from the Lord comes the tongue’s response.[a]
All one’s ways are pure[b] in one’s own eyes,
    but the measurer of motives is the Lord.(A)
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.

16 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
    but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.(A)

All a person’s ways seem pure to them,(B)
    but motives are weighed(C) by the Lord.(D)

Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
    and he will establish your plans.(E)

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