Proverbs 16:9 – If You but Trust in God to Guide You

Summary

God will guide you.

Analysis

This saying expresses the theme of God's guidance. See also Proverbs 19:21; 20:24; 27:1; Genesis 24 and 37-50. James 4:13-17 expresses the same "the Lord willing" attitude toward life. The message is taken up in George Neumark's seventeenth-century hymn, "If You But Trust in God to Guide You."

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• Proverbs 1:7
  The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom
• Proverbs 1:20-33
  The Call of Woman Wisdom
• Proverbs 2:1-6
  A Treasure Hunt
• Proverbs 5:1-23
  The Consequences of Sexual Sins Contrasted with the Joys of Marriage
• Proverbs 6:6-11
  The Sin of Sloth
• Proverbs 6:16-19
  The Sin of Pride and Some Others
• Proverbs 7:6-27
  A Story about Seduction
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  Woman Wisdom
• Proverbs 9:1-18
  Woman Wisdom and Woman Folly
• Proverbs 11:1
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• Proverbs 11:14
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• Proverbs 12:10
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• Proverbs 12:23
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• Proverbs 14:31
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• Proverbs 19:14
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• Proverbs 22:22-23
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  Respect for Boundaries
• Proverbs 24:21-22
  God and Government
• Proverbs 25:6-7a
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• Proverbs 25:11-12
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• Proverbs 26:13-16
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• Proverbs 30:18-19
  An Attitude of Wonder
• Proverbs 30:24-28
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• Proverbs 31:10-31
  The ABCs of a Good Wife