Proverbs 20:24

Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Ver. 24. Man's goings are of the Lord.] See Trapp on " Pro 16:1 " See Trapp on " Pro 16:9 " God brought Paul to Rome by a way that he little dreamed of. Augustine once travelling lost his way, and fetching a compass came safe to the place he intended; whereas, had he kept the right way, he had been caught by an armed band of the Donatists that lay in wait for him. a "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord," Psa 37:23 and he finds himself sometimes crossed with a blessing. As when Isabel, Queen of England, was to repass from Zeland into this kingdom with an army, in favour of her son against her husband, she had utterly been cast away had she come to the port intended, being there expected by her enemies; but providence, against her will, brought her to another place where she safely landed. Good, therefore, and worthy of all acceptation is the wise man's counsel, "In all thy ways acknowledge God, and he shall direct thy path." Pro 3:6 See Trapp on " Pro 3:6 "

a Augustin. in Enchirid. ad Laurent., cap. 17.