Proverbs 21:1

Acts 7:10; Daniel 4:35; Ezra 7:27; Ezra 7:28; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 44:27; Nehemiah 1:11; Nehemiah 2:4; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 16:9; Proverbs 20:24; Psalms 105:25; Psalms 106:46; Psalms 114:3; Psalms 114:5; Psalms 74:15; Psalms 93:4; Revelation 16:12; Revelation 16:4

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rivers of water - See the Psalms 1:3 note. As the cultivator directs the stream into the channels where it is most wanted, so Yahweh directs th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (a) king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it wherever he will. (a) Though kings seem to have all thing...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which cou...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. the rivers of water. Hebrew. palgey mayim . the divisions of water [in. garden], from palag, to divide (...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord— The author of the Observations informs us, that in Judea their watering canals are artificially divi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXI. (1) As the rivers of water. — Channels for irrigation (comp. Psalms 1:3 ). He turns the heart of the king, whose favour is as the latter r...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. There can be no question but that all hear...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

DOMINUS DIRIGIT COR ‘The King’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will.’ Proverbs 21:1...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The king's heart [is] in the hand of the Lord, [as] the rivers of water ,.... The heart of every king, and all that is in it, his thoughts, counsels...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Ver. 1. The king's heart is in the ha...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king's heart His very inward purposes and inclinations, which seem to be most in a man's own power, and out of the reach of all other beings; a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the L ORD , as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Note, 1. Even the...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PROVERBS CHAPTER 21 The king's heart; his very inward purposes and inclinations, which seem to be most in a man's own power, and out of the reach o...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 21:1 . Rivers of water . Rather streams , the allusion being to the watercourses, which in hot countries intersect fiel...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably...
The Biblical Illustrator

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord. God and the human race In these verses we have God unfolded to us. I. As the controller of hum...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. The king's heart is In the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water, the thoughts and plans of the mightiest rulers, sovereign as they may see...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The kings — He names kings not to exclude other men, but because they are more arbitrary and uncontrollable than others. As rivers — Which husband...

¹ The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 21:1