Proverbs 19:21

New American Bible - revised edition

Many are the plans of the human heart, but it is the decision of the Lord that endures.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good, to achieve this present end, the survival of many people.

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the Israelites said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had commanded that Ahithophel’s good counsel should be thwarted, so that he might bring Absalom to ruin. David Told of the Plan.

Job 23:13

But once he decides, who can contradict him? What he desires, that he does.

Psalm 21:11

Even their descendants you will wipe out from the earth, their offspring from the human race.

Psalm 83:4

They conspire against your people, plot against those you protect.

Proverbs 12:2

A good person wins favor from the Lord, but the schemer he condemns.

Proverbs 16:1

Plans are made in human hearts, but from the Lord comes the tongue’s response.

Proverbs 16:9

The human heart plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desired of a person is fidelity; rather be poor than a liar.

Proverbs 21:1

A king’s heart is channeled water in the hand of the Lord; God directs it where he pleases.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel prevail against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

But this alone I have found: God made humankind honest, but they have pursued many designs.

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord of hosts has sworn: As I have resolved, so shall it be; As I have planned, so shall it stand:

Isaiah 46:10

At the beginning I declare the outcome; from of old, things not yet done. I say that my plan shall stand, I accomplish my every desire.

Jeremiah 44:29

And this shall be a sign to you—oracle of the Lord—I will punish you in this place so that you will know that my words stand solidly against you for evil.

Ezekiel 20:32

What has entered your mind shall never happen: You are thinking, “We shall be like the nations, like the peoples of foreign lands, serving wood and stone.”

Ephesians 1:11

In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the One who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will,

1 Peter 2:8

and “A stone that will make people stumble, and a rock that will make them fall.” They stumble by disobeying the word, as is their destiny.

Jude 1:4

For there have been some intruders, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, godless persons, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. The False Teachers.