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.

Many

Nevertheless

General references

Proverbs 16:9

Proverbs 21:30

Bible References

Many

A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked intentions will he condemn.

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes.

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plot, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous act, which they are not able to perform.

The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing: he makes the devices of the people of none effect.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.

Let us go up against Judah, and trouble it, and let us make a break in its wall for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

He shall enter peaceably even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the plunder, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

Saying, Sir, we remember that this deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

Nevertheless

The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will.

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

But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.

The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it 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 does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can restrain his hand, or say unto him, What do you?

For of a truth against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nothing:

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:

So God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

And, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to which also they were appointed.

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

General references

A man's heart plans his way: but the LORD directs his steps.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.