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Text -- Proverbs 19:21 (NET)

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19:21 There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: WISDOM | UNCHANGEABLE; UNCHANGEABLENESS | Providence | God | FOREKNOW; FOREKNOWLEDGE | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Pro 19:21 - -- (Compare Pro 16:1, Pro 16:9; Psa 33:10-11). The failure of man's devices is implied.

(Compare Pro 16:1, Pro 16:9; Psa 33:10-11). The failure of man's devices is implied.

Clarke: Pro 19:21 - -- There are many devices, etc. - The same sentiment as in Pro 16:1 (note), where see the note.

There are many devices, etc. - The same sentiment as in Pro 16:1 (note), where see the note.

TSK: Pro 19:21 - -- many : Pro 12:2; Gen 37:19, Gen 37:20; Est 9:25; Psa 21:11, Psa 33:10, Psa 33:11, Psa 83:4; Ecc 7:29; Isa 7:6, Isa 7:7; Dan 11:24, Dan 11:25; Mat 26:4...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Pro 19:21 - -- Contrast the many purposes of man, shifting, changing, from good to better, from bad to worse, and the one unchanging righteous "counsel"of Yahweh.

Contrast the many purposes of man, shifting, changing, from good to better, from bad to worse, and the one unchanging righteous "counsel"of Yahweh.

Poole: Pro 19:21 - -- There are many devices in a man’ s heart understand out of the opposite clause, which shall not stand, but be disappointed. The counsel of the ...

There are many devices in a man’ s heart understand out of the opposite clause, which shall not stand, but be disappointed.

The counsel of the Lord his eternal, and unchangeable, and most wise decree, which ofttimes contradicts, and always overrules, the designs and purposes of men.

Shall stand i.e. be certainly fulfilled, as this phrase is used, Jer 44:28,29 , and elsewhere.

PBC: Pro 19:21 - -- See Philpot: MAN’S DEVICES AND THE LORD’S COUNSEL

See Philpot: MAN’S DEVICES AND THE LORD’S COUNSEL

Haydock: Pro 19:21 - -- Firm. Ignorance and weakness cause men to change.

Firm. Ignorance and weakness cause men to change.

Gill: Pro 19:21 - -- There are many devices in a man's heart,.... Some about civil things; to get wealth and riches: to obtain honour and glory among men; to attain to a ...

There are many devices in a man's heart,.... Some about civil things; to get wealth and riches: to obtain honour and glory among men; to attain to a long life, and to perpetuate their memories after death: some about sinful things; to gratify their carnal lusts and sensual appetites; and to do mischief to others, particularly the people of God, and the cause and interest of Christ: some about religious things; coming new doctrines, devising new ordinances and modes of worship; contriving other methods of salvation than by Christ; as by the light of nature; by the law of Moses; by mere morality, civility, and external justice between man and man; by keeping to the religion they were born and brought up in; and by a mere outward profession of religion, and submission to ordinances, and performance of duties, and a multitude more of the like kind;

nevertheless, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand; and can never be frustrated by the devices of man's heart, though there are many, and that but one; see Psa 33:10. This may be applied to the Gospel, and the scheme of salvation in it, called the whole counsel of God, Act 20:27; it being the fruit of infinite wisdom, and the effect of a divine council between the eternal Three, and full of the best advice and instructions to the sons of men; and which has stood, and shall stand, notwithstanding the persecutions of wicked men, the craft of false teachers, and the ridicule of a profane world; it will continue till all the elect are gathered in, even, to the end of the world; and so will the ordinances of it, which are also called the counsel of God, Luk 7:30; and which will continue till the second coming of Christ. Moreover, the purposes of God, his counsels of old, or his eternal decrees, may be here meant; which are wisely formed in his own breast, and are not frustrable; and according to which counsel of his will all things are done in nature, providence, and grace; all things in this world are ordered as he pleases, and all things are done as he has ordered them; all his purposes are or will be fulfilled; his designs will be accomplished in the world and in his church, in spite of all the schemes, contrivances, and opposition of men and devils.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 19:21 The point of the proverb is that the human being with many plans is uncertain, but the Lord with a sure plan gives correct counsel.

Geneva Bible: Pro 19:21 [There are] many devices in a ( g ) man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. ( g ) Man's device will not have success, un...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

MHCC: Pro 19:21 - --What should we desire, but that all our purposes may agree with God's holy will?

Matthew Henry: Pro 19:21 - -- 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 m...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 19:17-21 - -- These verses we take together. But we have no other reason for making a pause at Pro 19:21, than that Pro 19:22 is analogous to Pro 19:17, and thus ...

Constable: Pro 10:1--22:17 - --II. COUPLETS EXPRESSING WISDOM 10:1--22:16 Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that Solomon eviden...

Constable: Pro 19:1--22:17 - --4. Further advice for pleasing God 19:1-22:16 As was true in the chapter 10-15 section, this one (16:1-22:16) also becomes more difficult to outline a...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE NATURE AND USE OF PROVERBS.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations ...

TSK: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The wisdom of all ages, from the highest antiquity, has chosen to compress and communicate its lessons in short, compendious sentences, and in poetic ...

TSK: Proverbs 19 (Chapter Introduction) Overview

Poole: Proverbs 19 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 19

MHCC: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. ...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use o...

Constable: Proverbs (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is "The Proverbs of Solo...

Constable: Proverbs (Outline) Outline I. Discourses on wisdom chs. 1-9 A. Introduction to the book 1:1-7 ...

Constable: Proverbs Proverbs Bibliography Aitken, Kenneth T. Proverbs. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. Alden...

Haydock: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. INTRODUCTION. This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences, regulating the morals of men; and...

Gill: Proverbs (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS This book is called, in some printed Hebrew copies, "Sepher Mishle", the Book of Proverbs; the title of it in the Vulgate ...

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