The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

A man's heart plans his way: but the LORD directs his steps.

A man’s steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

And has extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel leading men to go up with me.

O Lord, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who desire to fear your name: and prosper, I pray you, your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

Then the king said unto me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can restrain his hand, or say unto him, What do you?

And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

You did break open the fountain and the flood: you dried up mighty rivers.

The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back?

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:

And the third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.