Proverbs 19:21
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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(A)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Proverbs 16:9
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Isaiah 14:24
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Assyria Destroyed
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying,
“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall (A)stand:
Proverbs 16:1
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Wisdom Is Better Than Gold
16 The (A)preparations[a] of the heart belong to man,
(B)But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
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- Proverbs 16:1 plans
Psalm 33:10-11
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10 (A)The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
11 (B)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
Isaiah 46:10
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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.
Ephesians 1:11
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11 (A)In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to (B)the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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Job 23:13
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13 “But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever (A)His soul desires, that He does.
Isaiah 14:26-27
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26 This is the (A)purpose that is purposed against the whole earth,
And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
27 For the Lord of hosts has (B)purposed,
And who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
And who will turn it back?”
Proverbs 21:1
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The Lord Considers the Heart
21 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
Like the [a]rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:1 channels
Acts 5:38-39
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38 And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; 39 (A)but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found (B)to fight against God.”
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Daniel 4:35
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35 (A)All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
(B)He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth.
(C)No one can restrain His hand
Or say to Him, (D)“What have You done?”
Ecclesiastes 7:29
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29 Truly, this only I have found:
(A)That God made man upright,
But (B)they have sought out many schemes.”
Acts 4:27-28
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27 “For (A)truly against (B)Your holy Servant Jesus, (C)whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 (D)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
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Psalm 21:11
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11 For they intended evil against You;
They devised a plot which they are not able to (A)perform.
1 Peter 2:8
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8 and
(A)“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
(B)They stumble, being disobedient to the word, (C)to which they also were appointed.
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Genesis 50:20
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20 (A)But as for you, you meant evil against me; but (B)God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
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Genesis 45:4-8
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4 And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, (A)whom you sold into Egypt. 5 But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; (B)for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years the (C)famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 And God (D)sent me before you to preserve a [a]posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but (E)God; and He has made me (F)a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a (G)ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
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- Genesis 45:7 remnant
Matthew 27:63-64
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63 saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, (A)‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come [a]by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”
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- Matthew 27:64 NU omits by night
Proverbs 12:2
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2 A good man obtains favor from the Lord,
But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.
Jude 4
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4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [a]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- Jude 1:4 NU omits God
Hebrews 6:17-18
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17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to (A)the heirs of promise (B)the [a]immutability of His counsel, [b]confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two [c]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to (C)lie, we [d]might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope (D)set before us.
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- Hebrews 6:17 unchangeableness of His purpose
- Hebrews 6:17 guaranteed
- Hebrews 6:18 unchangeable
- Hebrews 6:18 M omits might
Matthew 26:4-5
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4 and (A)plotted to take Jesus by [a]trickery and kill Him. 5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the (B)people.”
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- Matthew 26:4 deception
Daniel 11:24-25
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24 He 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, [a]spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.
25 “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 devise plans against him.
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- Daniel 11:24 booty
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