Proverbs 19:21
People plan to do many kinds of things, but what will happen is what Yahweh has decided will happen.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 45:4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me!” When they came closer, he said, “I am your brother Joseph! I am the one you sold to traders who brought me here to Egypt!
2 Samuel 17:14Absalom and all the other Israeli men who were with him said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, they would have been able to defeat/kill David. But as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested, Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.
Job 23:13“He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him from doing what he desires. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
Psalms 33:10Yahweh frustrates the things that the pagan nations decide to do. He prevents them from doing the evil things that they plan to do.
Proverbs 12:2Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm others.
Proverbs 16:9People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh directs/determines what they will really be able to do.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:21
20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. Note, 1. It is well with those that are wise in their latter end, wise for their latter end, for their future state, wise for another world, that are found wise when their latter end comes, wise virgins, wise builders, wise stewards, that are wise at length, and understand the things that belong to their peace, before they be hidden from their eyes. A carnal worldling at his end shall be a fool ( Jer. xvii. 11 ), but godliness… Read the whole commentary →