Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.
Acts 5:39
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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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Jeremiah 9:23
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23 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his (B)might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
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.
Isaiah 14:27
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27 For the Lord of hosts has (A)purposed,
And who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
And who will turn it back?”
1 Corinthians 3:19-20
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, (A)“He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; 20 and again, (B)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
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Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 “Be(A) shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
10 (B)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, (C)but it will not stand,
(D)For [a]God is with us.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:10 Heb. Immanuel
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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Isaiah 46:10-11
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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,’
11 Calling a bird of prey (C)from the east,
The man (D)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed (E)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
Isaiah 7:5-7
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5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying, 6 “Let us go up against Judah and [a]trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”— 7 thus says the Lord God:
(A)“It shall not stand,
Nor shall it come to pass.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 7:6 cause a sickening dread
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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Jonah 1:13
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13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, (A)but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.
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