...infinite and unerring wisdom, had mapped out in the councils of eternity ? Well may the prophet exclaim, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself:...not in man that walketh to direct his steps " (Jer. x. 23). Well may the wise man bear testimony, " Man's goings are of the Lord ; how can a man then understand...

...this life tolerable ! How few are they ,who realize experimentally the declaration of the prophet, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.'' Or this, " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it...

...Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?" And Jeremiah x. 23, 24, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man. that walketh to ilirect his steps. () Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me...

...Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?" And Jeremiah x. 23, 24, " O Lord, I know that 'the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me...

...contrarieties. I am almost tired of human reasoning. What does the word of the Lord say in Jeremiah, " I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." And does not the wise man say, "The disposing of the heart in man is of the Lord?"...

...to ask it of God, with simplicity and fervency ; saying, " O God, I am unable to guide myself; for I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man, that walketh, to direct his steps f ." Do Thou, therefore, undertake to instruct and lead me. " What I see not, teach...

...relate, he does that very thing again and again ; he then conies into Jeremiah's experience when he said, "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in him that walketh to direct his steps " — as much as to say, Once, dear Lord, I did doubt it — once...

...influence upon their minds. They are always under a moral necessity of acting just as they do act. " The way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh, to direct his steps." Since men are the creatures of God, they are necessarily his dependent creatures,...

...and the resulting direction of his walk, man must 2 New Scofield Reference Bible's rendering: "The way of man (is) not in himself; (it is) not in man that walketh to direct his steps." come to grips with a two-fold, universal question: who am I in relationship to...

...10: 23,24 "O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps. O Lord, correct, instruct,...