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 will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a man who devises evil.

They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer!

But when it came to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Though they

intended evil against You

And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.

The Lord

nullifies the counsel of the nations;

He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation,
That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”

“Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,”

In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest parts of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.

and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

and said, “Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I am to rise again.’

Nevertheless

The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it wherever He wishes.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come closer to me.” And they came closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.

“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand,

Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

“All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of earth;
And no one can ward off His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy

servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will be overthrown;

also we

have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,

In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,

and,
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;

for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.

For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand

marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

General references

The mind of man plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.

There is no wisdom and no understanding
And no counsel against the Lord.