Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
In Context
29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for an upright man, he establishes his ways.
31The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but victory is from LORD.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants said, No, my lord, O king, but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel tells the king of Israel the words that thou speak in thy bedchamber.
Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of LORD, that shall stand.
Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces. And give ear, all ye of far countries. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.
Isaiah 36:5I say, [thy] counsel and strength for the war are but vain words. Now on whom do thou trust that thou have rebelled against me?
Jeremiah 9:23Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:30
29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way. Here is, 1. The presumption and impudence of a wicked man: He hardens his face —brazens it, that he may not blush—steels it, that he may not tremble when he commits the greatest crimes; he bids defiance to the terrors of the law and the checks of his own conscience, the reproofs of the word and the rebukes of Providence; he will have his way and nothing shall hinder him, Isa. lvii. 17 . 2. The caution and circumspection of a good… Read the whole commentary →