Proverbs 21:30
Whatever wisdom, understanding, or guidance you may have is nothing before the Lord.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
In Context
29The wicked act as bold as brass, but those who live right consider carefully what they're doing.
31You can get your horse ready for battle, but the victory is the Lord's.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:9But Uriah didn't go home. He slept in the guardroom at the palace entrance with all the king's guards.
2 Kings 6:12“It's none of us, my lord the king,” one of his officers replied. “It's Elisha, the prophet who lives in Israel—he tells the king of Israel even what you say in your bedroom.”
Proverbs 19:21Human beings make many plans in their minds, but the final decision is the Lord's.
Isaiah 8:9Pay attention, you nations, and be smashed! Listen, all you distant lands, get ready, but you will be smashed. Get ready, but you will be smashed.
Isaiah 36:5You say you have a strategy and are ready for war, but these are empty words. Who are you relying on, now that you have rebelled against me?
Jeremiah 9:23This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast about their strength. The rich shouldn't boast about their 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 →