Proverbs 19:21

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Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that will prevail.

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  • Prov 16:1 : 1 To humans belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 The heart of a person plans their way, but the Lord establishes their steps.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: 'Surely as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.'
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples. 11 The Lord’s counsel stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.
  • Isa 14:26-27 : 26 This is the plan determined for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. 27 For the LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
  • Job 23:13 : 13 But he is unchangeable; who can turn him back? He does what he desires.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all that I desire.'
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him we have also obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.
  • Acts 5:38-39 : 38 'So in the present case I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail.' 39 'But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.' They were persuaded by him.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but a person of wicked schemes is condemned.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is like streams of water in the hand of the LORD; He directs it wherever He pleases.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among mankind.
  • Gen 37:19-20 : 19 They said to one another, "Look, here comes the dreamer!" 20 Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a wild animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams."
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done—the saving of many lives.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when the matter came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  • Gen 45:4-8 : 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.' 5 Now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life. 6 For two years now, there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years, there will be no plowing or harvesting. 7 But God sent me ahead of you to establish a remnant for you on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and a ruler throughout Egypt.
  • Ps 83:4 : 4 They devise cunning plans against your people and conspire together against your treasured ones.
  • Isa 7:6-7 : 6 'Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeal king over it.' 7 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It will not take place; it will not happen.
  • Dan 11:24-25 : 24 Entering peacefully into the richest parts of the province, he will do what neither his ancestors nor their ancestors ever did: he will distribute plunder, loot, and wealth among his followers. He will devise plans against strongholds but only for a time. 25 He will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South with a large army. The king of the South will prepare for battle with a great and mighty army, but he will not stand, for plots will be devised against him.
  • Matt 26:4-5 : 4 And they plotted together to arrest Jesus by deceit and kill Him. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people."
  • Matt 27:63-64 : 63 They said, 'Sir, we remember that while He was still alive, that deceiver said, "After three days I will rise again."' 64 'So order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, or else His disciples may come and steal Him away, and tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead." This last deception would be worse than the first.'
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.' 28 'They did what your hand and will had predestined to take place.'
  • Heb 6:17-18 : 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. 18 So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:9
    79%

    9The heart of a person plans their way, but the Lord establishes their steps.

  • Ps 33:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

    11The Lord’s counsel stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.

  • Prov 19:20
    77%

    20Listen to advice and accept discipline, so that you may become wise in the future.

  • Prov 15:22
    76%

    22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The king's heart is like streams of water in the hand of the LORD; He directs it wherever He pleases.

    2Every person's way seems right in their own eyes, but the LORD evaluates the hearts.

  • Prov 21:29-31
    3 verses
    76%

    29A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

    30There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.

    31The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory belongs to the LORD.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1To humans belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

    2All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

    3Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

  • Prov 20:5
    75%

    5The purposes of a person's heart are deep waters, but a person of understanding draws them out.

  • Prov 29:26
    74%

    26Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that a man receives justice.

  • Prov 20:18
    73%

    18Plans are established by counsel; with wise guidance wage your war.

  • Prov 19:22
    73%

    22What is desirable in a person is kindness, and it is better to be poor than a liar.

  • Prov 5:21
    73%

    21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and He examines all his paths.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

    24A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

  • Prov 12:20
    71%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy is for those who counsel peace.

  • Prov 24:6
    71%

    6For with wise counsel you wage war, and in an abundance of advisers there is victory.

  • Prov 12:5
    70%

    5The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

  • Prov 14:12
    70%

    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end leads to death.

  • Prov 12:2
    70%

    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but a person of wicked schemes is condemned.

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Nah 1:11
    70%

    11From you, Nineveh, has come one who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.

  • 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 person ascends the city of warriors and brings down the fortress in which they trust.

  • Prov 3:5
    70%

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

  • Jer 18:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11And now, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each one from his evil way, and reform your ways and deeds.’

    12But they will say, ‘It’s no use. We will continue to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart.’

  • Isa 28:29
    70%

    29This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, whose counsel is wonderful and whose wisdom is magnificent.

  • Jer 10:23
    69%

    23I know, Lord, that a person's way is not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9The heart is deceitful above all things and incurable—who can understand it?

    10I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

  • Prov 17:3
    69%

    3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

  • Ps 94:11
    69%

    11The LORD knows the thoughts of man; He knows they are but a breath.

  • Prov 11:14
    69%

    14Without guidance, a nation falls, but victory is found in an abundance of counselors.

  • Job 22:18
    69%

    18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 16:25
    69%

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

  • Jer 32:19
    69%

    19You are great in counsel and mighty in deeds. Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, rewarding each person according to their ways and the fruit of their deeds.

  • Job 23:13
    69%

    13But he is unchangeable; who can turn him back? He does what he desires.

  • Ps 37:23
    69%

    23The steps of a man are established by the LORD, and He delights in his way.

  • Isa 8:10
    68%

    10Devise your plans, but they will be thwarted; issue your orders, but they will not stand, for God is with us.

  • Prov 28:26
    68%

    26Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

  • Job 18:7
    68%

    7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

  • Jer 17:5
    68%

    5This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
    68%

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