Read, 'the preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.' Man prepares his plans, but the decisive, final word is suggested by God. 'There's a divinity that shapes our ends, roughhew them as we will.'
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Proverbs 16:1
1 The preparationsa of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.