Proverbs 21:30

Conservative English Version

No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the LORD.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:9

But Uriah didn't go home. Instead, he slept outside the entrance to the royal palace, where the king's guards slept.

1 Kings 14:6

But when Ahijah heard her walking up to the door, he said: Come in! I know you're Jeroboam's wife--why are you pretending to be someone else? I have some bad news for you.

2 Kings 6:12

"None of us, Your Majesty," one of them answered. "It's an Israelite named Elisha. He's a prophet, so he can tell his king everything--even what you say in your own room."

Job 41:2

Can it be led around by a ring in its nose or a hook in its jaw?

Proverbs 19:21

We may make a lot of plans, but the LORD will do what he has decided.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Everything that happens was decided long ago. We humans know what we are like, and we can't argue with God, because he is too strong for us.

Isaiah 14:27

I, the LORD All-Powerful, have made these plans. No one can stop me now!

Isaiah 36:5

Does he think he can plan and win a war with nothing but words? Who is going to help him, now that he has turned against the king of Assyria?

Isaiah 45:9

Israel, you have no right to argue with your Creator. You are merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. The clay doesn't ask, "Why did you make me this way? Where are the handles?"

Jeremiah 9:23

The LORD says: Don't brag about your wisdom or strength or wealth.

Jonah 1:13

The sailors tried their best to row to the shore. But they could not do it, and the storm kept getting worse every minute.

Acts 5:38

So I advise you to stay away from these men. Leave them alone. If what they are planning is something of their own doing, it will fail.

Acts 5:39

But if God is behind it, you cannot stop it anyway, unless you want to fight against God. The council members agreed with what he said,

Joshua 2:2

But someone found out about them and told the king of Jericho, "Some Israelite men came here tonight, and they are spies."

1 Peter 2:8

They disobeyed the message and stumbled and fell over that stone, because they were doomed.