Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 19:21
21There are many devices in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall 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 King James Version (NKJV)There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Context of Proverbs 19:21
19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty: for if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again. 20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. There are many devices in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. 22The desire of a man is the measure of his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. 23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
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רַבּ֣וֹת מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹת בְּלֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וַעֲצַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה הִ֣יא תָקֽוּם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:21
- Proverbs 12:2A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- Genesis 37:19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
- Esther 9:25but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and that he and his sons should he hanged on the gallows.
- Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a device, which they are not able to perform.
- Psalms 33:10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: he maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.
- Psalms 83:4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Isaiah 7:6Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel:
- Daniel 11:24In time of security shall he come 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 prey, and spoil, and substance: yea, he shall devise his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
- Matthew 26:4and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
- Matthew 27:63saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.
- 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 as the watercourses: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
- Genesis 45:4And 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.
- Genesis 50:20And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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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