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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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Matthew Henry

(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 cou...

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