Jeremiah 10:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:24 : 24 The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.
  • Ps 37:23 : 23 The LORD grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.
  • Ps 119:116-117 : 116 Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live. Do not disappoint me! 117 Support me, so that I will be delivered. Then I will focus on your statutes continually.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

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    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Jer 10:24
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    24Correct us, LORD, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

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    23The LORD grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

  • Prov 3:5-6
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    5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

    6Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.

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    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

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    23The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

  • Job 23:10-11
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    10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

    11My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

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    23God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.

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    5Individuals Are Challenged to Put Their Trust in the Lord The LORD says,“I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the LORD.

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    5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

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    8It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.

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    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

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    7Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

  • Prov 16:1-2
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    1The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

    2All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

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    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

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    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

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    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

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    8They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

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    21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

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    3Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

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    21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

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    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

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    22Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

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    4“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

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    19You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

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    9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this,

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    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

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    30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.

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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

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