Proverbs 19:21

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Summary

Proverbs 19:21

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

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Nevertheless

General references

Proverbs 16:9

Proverbs 21:30

Bible References

Many

A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!

and when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.

They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein the son of Tabeal;

In time of peace shall he enter even into the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers: he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance, and he shall plan his devices against the fortified places, even for a time.

and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;

saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.

Nevertheless

The purposes of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

And Joseph said to his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as it is this day, to save a great people alive.

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn saying, Assuredly as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, it shall stand:

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;

in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will,

Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,

and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; who stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.

For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly persons, turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

General references

The heart of man deviseth his way, but Jehovah directeth his steps.

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.