Proverbs 19:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ [There are] many devices 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, [is] from the LORD.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 ¶ A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 ¶ The LORD 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 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth 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 the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [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 [the 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 have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after 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 hath 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 come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 ¶ A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 ¶ The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous 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 some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he 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 Now therefore 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 yet [there are] five years, in the which [there shall] neither [be] earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives 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 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 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 He shall enter peaceably 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 the prey, and spoil, and riches: [yea], and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, 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 be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
  • Matt 26:4-5 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, 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 that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
  • 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 a king in the midst of it, [even] the son of Tabeal: 7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
  • Heb 6:17-18 : 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 9 ¶ A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

  • Ps 33:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

    11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

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

  • 22 ¶ Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 ¶ The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

    2 ¶ Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

  • 76%

    29 ¶ A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way.

    30 ¶ [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

    31 The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 ¶ The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.

    2 ¶ All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

    3 ¶ Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

  • 5 ¶ Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • 26 ¶ Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's judgment [cometh] from the LORD.

  • 18 ¶ [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

  • 22 ¶ The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.

  • 21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

  • 3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • 24 ¶ Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

  • 20 ¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

  • 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

  • 5 ¶ The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

  • 12 ¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

  • 2 ¶ A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • 15 ¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  • 19 ¶ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • 11 There is [one] come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

  • 33 ¶ The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.

  • 22 ¶ A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

  • Jer 18:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • 29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, [which] is wonderful in counsel, [and] excellent in working.

  • 23 O LORD, 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%

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

    10 I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.

  • 3 ¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

  • 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

  • 14 ¶ Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

  • 18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 25 ¶ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

  • 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine 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:

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

  • 23 The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

  • 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.

  • 26 ¶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

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

  • 5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

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