Proverbs 19:21

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Prov 16:1 : 1 The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. 11 The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, 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 Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Job 23:13 : 13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
  • Isa 46:10 : 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;
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
  • Acts 5:38-39 : 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown: 39 but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
  • Gen 37:19-20 : 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 but when [the matter] 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 unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over 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 no more in remembrance.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Dan 11:24-25 : 24 In time of security shall he come even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance: yea, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even 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 war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
  • Matt 26:4-5 : 4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.
  • Matt 27:63-64 : 63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
  • Isa 7:6-7 : 6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel; 7 thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
  • Heb 6:17-18 : 17 Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:9
    79%

    9A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

  • Ps 33:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

    11The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

  • Prov 19:20
    77%

    20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

  • Prov 15:22
    76%

    22Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

  • Prov 21:29-31
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    76%

    29A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

    30There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

    31The horse is prepared against the day of battle; But victory is of Jehovah.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

    2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

    3Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall 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 a man's judgment [cometh] from Jehovah.

  • Prov 20:18
    73%

    18Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.

  • Prov 19:22
    73%

    22That which maketh a man to be desired 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 Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

    24A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

  • Prov 12:20
    71%

    20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Prov 24:6
    71%

    6For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

  • Prov 12:5
    70%

    5The thoughts of the righteous are just; [But] the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

  • Prov 14:12
    70%

    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Prov 12:2
    70%

    2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

  • Nah 1:11
    70%

    11There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

  • Prov 16:33
    70%

    33The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.

  • Prov 21:22
    70%

    22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • Prov 3:5
    70%

    5Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

  • Jer 18:11-12
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    11Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

    12But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

  • Isa 28:29
    70%

    29This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

  • Jer 10:23
    69%

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

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

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

    10I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Prov 17:3
    69%

    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

  • Ps 94:11
    69%

    11Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

  • Prov 11:14
    69%

    14Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors 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 which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Jer 32:19
    69%

    19great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  • Job 23:13
    69%

    13But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

  • Ps 37:23
    69%

    23A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.

  • Isa 8:10
    68%

    10Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • Prov 28:26
    68%

    26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

  • Job 18:7
    68%

    7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • Jer 17:5
    68%

    5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
    68%

    20and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.