Proverbs 19:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:1 : 1 The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies makes this solemn vow:“Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The LORD frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples. 11 The LORD’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.
  • Isa 14:26-27 : 26 This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth; my hand is ready to strike all the nations.” 27 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?
  • Job 23:13 : 13 But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, since we were predestined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.
  • Acts 5:38-39 : 38 So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing, 39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
  • Gen 37:19-20 : 19 They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams! 20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.
  • Gen 45:4-8 : 4 Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life! 6 For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  • Ps 83:4 : 4 They say,“Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’
  • Dan 11:24-25 : 24 In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long. 25 He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm against the king of the south with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.
  • Matt 26:4-5 : 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth 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 and said,“Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said,‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people,‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
  • Isa 7:6-7 : 6 They say,“Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.” 7 For this reason the Sovereign LORD says:“It will not take place; it will not happen.
  • Heb 6:17-18 : 17 In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath, 18 so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have secretly slipped in among you– men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe– ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:9
    79%

    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Ps 33:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10The LORD frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

    11The LORD’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.

  • Prov 19:20
    77%

    20Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

  • Prov 15:22
    76%

    22Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

  • Prov 21:29-31
    3 verses
    76%

    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

    30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.

    31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the LORD.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

    2All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

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

  • Prov 20:5
    75%

    5Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

  • Prov 29:26
    74%

    26Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one receives justice.

  • Prov 20:18
    73%

    18Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.

  • Prov 19:22
    73%

    22What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

  • Prov 5:21
    73%

    21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

    24The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?

  • Prov 12:20
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:6
    71%

    6for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.

  • Prov 12:5
    70%

    5The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 14:12
    70%

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

  • Prov 12:2
    70%

    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Nah 1:11
    70%

    11From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the LORD, a wicked military strategist.

  • Prov 16:33
    70%

    33The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the LORD.

  • Prov 21:22
    70%

    22A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold 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%

    11So now, tell the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem this: The LORD says,‘I am preparing to bring disaster on you! I am making plans to punish you. So, every one of you, stop the evil things you have been doing. Correct the way you have been living and do what is right.’

    12But they just keep saying,‘We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’”

  • Isa 28:29
    70%

    29This also comes from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom.

  • Jer 10:23
    69%

    23LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

    10I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

  • Prov 17:3
    69%

    3The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.

  • Ps 94:11
    69%

    11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

  • Prov 11:14
    69%

    14When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.

  • Job 22:18
    69%

    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

  • Prov 16:25
    69%

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

  • Jer 32:19
    69%

    19You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.

  • Job 23:13
    69%

    13But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.

  • Ps 37:23
    69%

    23The LORD grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

  • Isa 8:10
    68%

    10Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

  • Prov 28:26
    68%

    26The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

  • Job 18:7
    68%

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • Jer 17:5
    68%

    5Individuals Are Challenged to Put Their Trust in the Lord The LORD says,“I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the LORD.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
    68%

    20And again,“The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”