Ben Sira 37:16

16 Planning and thought lie behind everything that is done.

Ben Sira 37:16 In-Context

14 Sometimes your own intuition can tell you more than seven watchmen on a high tower.

15 Above all, pray to the Most High that he will show you the right thing to do.

16 Planning and thought lie behind everything that is done.

17 The mind concerns itself with four things: these are good and evil, life and death. They all begin in the mind, but the tongue is their absolute ruler.