Proverbs 16:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XVI.

(1) The preparations of the heart in man... — Rather, To man belong the counsels of the heart. He may turn over in his mind what is the right thing to be said on any occasion, “but from the Lord is the answer of the tongue.” (Comp. Proverbs 15:23.)

Proverbs 16:1

1 The preparationsa of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.