New King James Version
Proverbs 19:21
21There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
- 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 Living Translation (NLT)You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
Context of Proverbs 19:21
19A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again. 20Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days. There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. 22What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar. 23The fear of the Lord leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.
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רַבּ֣וֹת מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹת בְּלֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וַעֲצַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה הִ֣יא תָקֽוּם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:21
- Proverbs 12:2A good man obtains favor from the Lord, But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.
- Genesis 37:19Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming!
- Esther 9:25but when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.
- Psalms 33:10The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
- Psalms 83:4They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.”
- Isaiah 7:6“Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”—
- Daniel 11:24He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.
- Matthew 26:4and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
- Matthew 27:63saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise.’
- Proverbs 16:1The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
- Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.
- Genesis 45:4And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
- Genesis 50:20But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
- Job 23:13“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
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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