Proverbs 19:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Proverbs 19:21 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Proverbs 16:1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Psalms 33:10-11
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. …
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 21)

Here we have, 1. Men projecting. They keep their designs to themselves, but they cannot hide them from God; he knows the many devices that are in men’s hearts ,—devices against his counsels (as those, Ps. 2:1-3; Mic. 4:11),—devices without his counsel (no regard had to his providence, as those Jas. 4:13; this and the other they will do, and not take God along with them),—devices unlike God’s couns…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

21. (Compare Pr 16:1, 9; Psa 33:10, 11). The failure of man’s devices is implied.