Proverbs 21:1-2

Listen to Proverbs 21:1-2
1 A king's heart is a water channel in the Lord's hand: He directs it wherever He chooses.
2 All the ways of a man seem right to him, but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a]

Proverbs 21:1-2 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.

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Footnotes 1

  • [a] Pr 12:15; 16:2; 17:3
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