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Trust in Divine Providence
5 English proverbs of 14 across all languages
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People may make plans and pursue them with care, but the final course of events is not wholly theirs to command. The proverb frames unforeseen outcomes as subject to divine will rather than human intention.
The saying contrasts a religious belief that healing ultimately comes from God with the public credit commonly given to the doctor. It points to the gap between the power thought to produce recovery and the person people visibly praise for it.
The saying expresses confidence that what God intends to endure cannot be destroyed by adversity. Frost represents a force that may damage living things, yet is portrayed as powerless against an outcome held to be under divine protection.
The saying expresses confidence that a divinely intended result will be achieved through whatever circumstances arise. Even forces that seem scattered, changing, or beyond human control can be understood as contributing to the same beneficial end.
People may apply effort, skill, and judgment, yet the final course of events is understood to rest with divine will. The saying counsels humility about the limits of personal control.
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