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 from Jehovah. He will condemn a man of wicked intentions.

They said to one another: Look, here comes the hero of those dreams!

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design that he had made against the Jews was to be turned against him. That he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

Even though they scheme and devise evil against you, they will not succeed.

Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

They say: Come and let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

You see! I have found only this, that God made man upright. But they have sought out many devices (schemes) (reasonings).

Let us invade Judah. Let us tear it apart and divide it among us. Let us make the son of Tabeel king over Judah.

In time of security he will come even upon the richest places of the province. He will do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers. He will scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance. He will devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.

All of them, using deceit, worked together to capture Jesus and kill him.

They said: Sir, we remember while he was yet alive, the deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

Nevertheless

Preparations of the heart and the answer of the tongue, is from Jehovah.

Jehovah controls the mind of a king as easily as he directs the course of a stream. He turns it where ever he wishes.

Please come closer to me, Joseph said to his brothers. They came closer. He said: I am Joseph, the brother you sold into slavery in Egypt!

Even though you planned evil against me, God planned good to come out of it. This was to keep many people alive, as he is doing now.

But he is unchangeable and who can turn him? He does what he wants to do.

Jehovah of Hosts has sworn an oath: What I have intended (devised) will happen. What I have determined to do will be done.

I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.'

All the inhabitants of the earth are considered as nothing. He does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. None can stop him, or say to him: 'What do you do?'

Truly both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the people of the nations and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you have anointed.

I tell you: Leave these men alone. If this message and this work are from men it will come to nothing.

We were assigned as heirs predetermined according to his purpose. He works all things according to his direction and will.

When God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he confirmed it with an oath.

It is a stone that people stumble over, and a large rock that people find offensive. They stumble because they are disobedient to the word. To this end they were appointed.

Certain men crept in unnoticed. They were appointed long ago for this condemnation. These ungodly men turned the grace of our God into loose conduct. They deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

General references

A man's heart determines his way. Jehovah directs his steps.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah!