TSK · Proverbs 16:1

The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

“Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD has said: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem!

My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.

There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

The Mission of Titus But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,

Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.