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Prov. 21:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theret is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

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Isa. 8:9‑10• ⁹Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
¹⁰Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. (Isa. 8:9‑10)

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Acts 5:39• ³⁹But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. (Acts 5:39)

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Prov. 19:21• ²¹There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. (Prov. 19:21)

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Isa. 7:5‑7• ⁵Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
⁶Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
⁷Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. (Isa. 7:5‑7)

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Isa. 8:9‑10• ⁹Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
¹⁰Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. (Isa. 8:9‑10)

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Isa. 14:27• ²⁷For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Isa. 14:27)

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Isa. 46:10‑11• ¹⁰Declaring 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:
¹¹Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. (Isa. 46:10‑11)

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Jer. 9:23• ²³Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: (Jer. 9:23)

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Jonah 1:13• ¹³Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. (Jonah 1:13)

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Acts 4:27‑28• ²⁷For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
²⁸For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. (Acts 4:27‑28)

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Acts 5:39• ³⁹But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. (Acts 5:39)

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1 Peter 2:8• ⁸And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (1 Peter 2:8)

• The trusting soul rests on the fact that the counsel of the Lord will never be defeated. Therefore he fears not the wisdom or understanding or the plots of his foes. What can man do to harm the one who is covered by the wings of Jehovah? “Though a host encamp against me,” said David, “yet will I not fear.” (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.