Proverbs 19:21

New Century Version

People can make all kinds of plans, but only the Lord’s plan will happen.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

You meant to hurt me, but God turned your evil into good to save the lives of many people, which is being done.

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the Israelites said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel.” (The Lord had planned to destroy the good advice of Ahithophel so the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.)

Esther 9:25

But when the king learned of the evil plan, he sent out written orders that the evil plans Haman had made against the Jewish people would be used against him. And those orders said that Haman and his sons should be hanged on the platform.

Job 23:13

“But he is the only God. Who can come against him? He does anything he wants.

Psalm 21:11

They made evil plans against you, but their traps won’t work.

Psalm 83:4

They say, “Come, let’s destroy them as a nation. Then no one will ever remember the name ‘Israel.’ ”

Proverbs 12:2

The Lord is pleased with a good person, but he will punish anyone who plans evil.

Proverbs 16:1

People may make plans in their minds, but only the Lord can make them come true.

Proverbs 16:9

People may make plans in their minds, but the Lord decides what they will do.

Proverbs 19:22

People want others to be loyal, so it is better to be poor than to be a liar.

Proverbs 21:1

The Lord can control a king’s mind as he controls a river; he can direct it as he pleases.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, understanding, or advice that can succeed against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

One thing I have learned: God made people good, but they have found all kinds of ways to be bad.”

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord All-Powerful has made this promise: “These things will happen exactly as I planned them; they will happen exactly as I set them up.

Isaiah 46:10

From the beginning I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago I told you things that have not yet happened. When I plan something, it happens. What I want to do, I will do.

Jeremiah 44:29

I will give you a sign that I will punish you here in Egypt,’ says the Lord. ‘When you see it happen, you will know that my promises to hurt you will really happen.’

Ezekiel 20:32

“ ‘What you want will not come true. You say, “We want to be like the other nations, like the people in other lands. We want to worship idols made of wood and stone.”

Daniel 4:35

People on earth are not truly important. God does what he wants with the powers of heaven and the people on earth. No one can stop his powerful hand or question what he does.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people, because from the very beginning God had decided this in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

1 Peter 2:8

Also, he is “a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey what God says, which is what God planned to happen to them.

Jude 1:4

Some people have secretly entered your group. Long ago the prophets wrote about these people who will be judged guilty. They are against God and have changed the grace of our God into a reason for sexual sin. They also refuse to accept Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.