Proverbs 19:21

Modern English Version

Many are the plans in the heart of a man, but it is the counsel of the Lord that will stand.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

But as for you, you intended to harm me, but God intended it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many lives.

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all of the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had decided to undermine the prudent advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity to Absalom.

Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Job 23:13

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

Psalm 21:11

For they intended evil against You; they devised a plot which they are not able to perform.

Psalm 83:4

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

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices will He condemn.

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

The heart of man devises his way, but the Lord directs his steps.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desirable in a man is kindness, and it is better to be poor than to be a liar.

Proverbs 21:1

As rivulets of water is the heart of a king in the hand of the Lord; wherever He pleases is where He directs it.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom or understanding or counsel can stand against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Observe, this thing alone I have discovered, that God made people upright, but they have gone after many schemes.”

Isaiah 14:24

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:

Isaiah 46:10

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 good pleasure,”

Jeremiah 44:29

“This will be a sign to you, says the Lord, that I will punish you in this place so that you may know that My words shall surely stand against you for disaster.

Ezekiel 20:32

That which comes into your mind shall not come about when you say, “We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.”

Daniel 4:35

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 no one can stay His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Ephesians 1:11

In Him also we have received an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will,

1 Peter 2:8

and, “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble, because they are disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.

Jude 1:4

For there are some men who secretly crept in, who were marked long ago for this condemnation. They are ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into immorality and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.