Proverbs 19:21 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²¹ The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ There are many devices in a man's heart; Nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand. [Job 23:13; Ps. 33:10, 11; Isa. 14:26, 27; 46:10; Acts 5:39; Heb. 6:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ There are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

Common English Bible

²¹ Many plans are in a person’s mind, but the LORD’s purpose will succeed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ There are many intentions in the heart of a man. But the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Proverbs 19:21 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 50:20

Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring ruin on Absalom.

Esther 9:25

but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that the wicked plot that he 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 stands alone and who can dissuade him? What he desires, that he does.

Psalm 21:11

If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

Psalm 83:4

They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Proverbs 12:2

The good obtain favor from the Lord, but those who devise evil he condemns.

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

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

Proverbs 19:22

What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes.

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord of hosts has sworn: As I have designed, so shall it be; and as I have planned, so shall it come to pass:

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, “My purpose shall stand, and I will fulfill my intention,”

Jeremiah 44:29

This shall be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I am going to punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words against you will surely be carried out:

Ezekiel 20:32

What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, “Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.”

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does what he wills with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What are you doing?”

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,

1 Peter 2:8

and “A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

Jude 1:4

For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.