Proverbs 19:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

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  • Prov 16:1 : 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so it will come to pass; and as I have purposed, so it will stand:
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Isa 14:26-27 : 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
  • Job 23:13 : 13 But he is of one mind, and who can change him? And whatever his soul desires, that he does.
  • Isa 46:10 : 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 pleasure:
  • Eph 1:11 : 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 own will:
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
  • Acts 5:38-39 : 38 And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing. 39 But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.
  • Gen 37:19-20 : 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes. 20 Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  • Gen 45:4-8 : 4 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Ps 83:4 : 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.
  • Dan 4:35 : 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 none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
  • Dan 11:24-25 : 24 He shall enter peaceably even into the richest places of the province, and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his ancestors: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; yea, and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time. 25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall devise plans against him.
  • Matt 26:4-5 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
  • Matt 27:63-64 : 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulcher be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; so the last deception will be worse than the first.
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
  • Isa 7:6-7 : 6 Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a breach in it for ourselves, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7 Thus says the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, nor shall it come to pass.
  • Heb 6:17-18 : 17 In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath: 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 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 : 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:9
    79%

    9A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Ps 33:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect.

    11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

  • Prov 19:20
    77%

    20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.

  • Prov 15:22
    76%

    22Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Prov 21:29-31
    3 verses
    76%

    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

    30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.

    31The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but safety is of the LORD.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

    2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

    3Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.

  • Prov 20:5
    75%

    5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • Prov 29:26
    74%

    26Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.

  • Prov 20:18
    73%

    18Every purpose is established by counsel, and with good advice make war.

  • Prov 19:22
    73%

    22The desire of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

  • Prov 5:21
    73%

    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

    24A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man understand his own way?

  • Prov 12:20
    71%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

  • Prov 24:6
    71%

    6For by wise counsel you shall wage your war, and in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

  • Prov 12:5
    70%

    5The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 14:12
    70%

    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 12:2
    70%

    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

  • Nah 1:11
    70%

    11There is one come out from you, who imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor.

  • Prov 16:33
    70%

    33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

  • Prov 21:22
    70%

    22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and casts down the strength of its confidence.

  • Prov 3:5
    70%

    5Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and do not lean on your own understanding.

  • Jer 18:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11Now therefore go, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you: return now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

    12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own plans, and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart.

  • Isa 28:29
    70%

    29This also comes from the LORD of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

  • Jer 10:23
    69%

    23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    10I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

  • Prov 17:3
    69%

    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

  • Ps 94:11
    69%

    11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

  • Prov 11:14
    69%

    14Where there is no counsel, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

  • Job 22:18
    69%

    18Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 16:25
    69%

    25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.

  • Jer 32:19
    69%

    19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  • Job 23:13
    69%

    13But he is of one mind, and who can change him? And whatever his soul desires, that he does.

  • Ps 37:23
    69%

    23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.

  • Isa 8:10
    68%

    10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • Prov 28:26
    68%

    26He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.

  • Job 18:7
    68%

    7The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • Jer 17:5
    68%

    5Thus says the LORD; Cursed is the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart departs from the LORD.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
    68%

    20And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.