"The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will."
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Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
Rivulets of waters `is' the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.