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Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a man’s heart,

but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

Proverbs 19:21 BSB

Proverbs 19:21 has 28 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 28 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:9 (122 votes) and Isaiah 14:24 (100 votes). 36 other verses point back to it. It links with 25 other books, from Genesis 27 to Revelation 17.

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Which verses does Proverbs 19:21 point to?

The 20 strongest of 28, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Proverbs 16:9122 votes

    A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

  2. Isaiah 14:24100 votes

    The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

  3. Proverbs 16:181 votes

    The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

  4. Psalm 33:10–1168 votes

    The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

  5. Isaiah 46:1061 votes

    I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

  6. Proverbs 21:3055 votes

    There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

  7. Ephesians 1:1150 votes

    In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

  8. Job 23:1347 votes

    But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

  9. Proverbs 21:139 votes

    The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

  10. Isaiah 14:26–2739 votes

    This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

  11. Acts 5:38–3936 votes
  12. Daniel 4:3531 votes
  13. Acts 4:27–2828 votes
  14. Psalm 21:1127 votes
  15. Ecclesiastes 7:2926 votes
  16. 1 Peter 2:825 votes
  17. Genesis 45:4–822 votes
  18. Genesis 50:2022 votes
  19. Matthew 27:63–6420 votes
  20. Proverbs 12:218 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 19:21?

The 10 strongest of 36.