Proverbs 21:30
Good News Translation
Human wisdom, brilliance, insight--they are of no help if the LORD is against you.

New Revised Standard Version
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the LORD.

New American Bible
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel prevail against the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Proverbs 19:21 There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Isaiah 7:5-7 Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying: . . .

Isaiah 8:9,10 Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome. . . .

Isaiah 14:27 For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?

Isaiah 46:10,11 Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me: . . .

Jeremiah 9:23 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Jonah 1:13 And he said to them: take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

Acts 4:27,28 For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, . . .

Acts 5:39 But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God. And they consented to him.

1 Peter 2:8 And a stone of stumbling and a rock of scandal, to them who stumble at the word, neither do believe, whereunto also they are set.

Context
The King's Heart
29The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way. 30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.31The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but the Lord giveth safety.…
Cross References
Acts 5:38
And now, therefore, I say to you: Refrain from these men and let them alone. For if this council or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God. And they consented to him.

1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

1 Corinthians 3:20
And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

Ecclesiastes 6:10
He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is a man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.

Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?

Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Proverbs 21:29
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