Jeremiah 10:23 (WEB)
LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“And “A man’s way is not in himself”; and “No one can receive anything, unless it be given him from above”; and elsewhere, “What hast thou which thou didst not receive?” — editor's note: Jer. x. 23.
Read the whole comment“And because “the way of man is not in himself” but it is the Lord that “directeth his steps;” if any hindrance should interfere—I hope none may—to prevent you from coming, I pray that distance may not sever those united in affection and that I may find my Lucinius present in absence through an interchange of letters.” — editor's note: Jer. x. 23.
Read the whole comment“If he does not need Christ to rule him, why does Jeremiah write: “the way of man is not in himself” and “the Lord directeth his steps.”” — editor's note: Jer. x. 23.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.13Conference III
“But someone else declares that he discovered this very fact not only by faith, but also by experience, and as it were from the very nature of things: “I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk and to direct his steps.”” — editor's note: Jer. x. 23.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.13.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.13.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.13.