Proverbs 19:21

New King James Version

There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

2 Samuel 17:14

So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring disaster on Absalom.

Esther 9:25

but when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Job 23:13

“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? 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 wicked intentions He will condemn.

Proverbs 16:1

The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.”

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, And as I have purposed, so it shall stand:

Isaiah 46:10

Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’

Jeremiah 44:29

And this shall be a sign to you,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that My words will surely stand against you for adversity.’

Ezekiel 20:32

What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, ‘We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.’

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Ephesians 1:11

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

1 Peter 2:8

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

Jude 1:4

For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.