Proverbs 20:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Man's goings are of the Lord All men's purposes and actions are so entirely subject to the control of God's overruling providence, and so liable to be frustrated or changed, as he shall see good, and to be directed to ends so far distant from those they thought of and intended, that it is impossible for any man to know what shall be the event of any of his undertakings. The intention of this proverb is, to show that the events of human life are neither ordered nor foreseen by man's, but only by God's providence; and therefore that men should only mind to do their duty, and then quietly depend upon God for a good issue to their endeavours.