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Proverbs 19:21
21Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 19:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
Context of Proverbs 19:21
19A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again. 20Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. 22What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. 23The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:21 word by word
רַבּ֣וֹת מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹת בְּלֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וַעֲצַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה הִ֣יא תָקֽוּם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:21
- Proverbs 12:2Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
- Genesis 37:19“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other.
- Esther 9:25But when the plot came to the king’s attention, he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head, and that he and his sons should be impaled on poles.
- Psalms 21:11Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.
- Psalms 33:10The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
- Psalms 83:4“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:29This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”
- Isaiah 7:6“Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.”
- Daniel 11:24When the richest provinces feel secure, he will invade them and will achieve what neither his fathers nor his forefathers did. He will distribute plunder, loot and wealth among his followers. He will plot the overthrow of fortresses—but only for a time.
- Matthew 26:4and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
- Matthew 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- Proverbs 16:1To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.
- Proverbs 21:1In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.
- Genesis 45:4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!
- Genesis 50:20You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
- Job 23:13“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21There are many devices, etc. - The same sentiment as in Proverbs 16:1; (note), where see the note.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Contrast the many purposes of man, shifting, changing, from good to better, from bad to worse, and the one unchanging righteous “counsel” of Yahweh.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21Verse 21 What should we desire, but that all our purposes may agree with God's holy will?Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (Compare Pr 16:1, 9; Psa 33:10, 11). The failure of man's devices is implied.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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