Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Revised Version 1895
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
20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
22The desire of a man is the measure of his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Cross References
Genesis 45:4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Psalms 33:10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: he maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.
Proverbs 12:2A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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 →