“ There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. ”
Two companion proverbs. Nothing avails against, nothing without, God. The horse is the type of warlike strength, used chiefly or exclusively in battle. 1Ki 4:26 ; 1 Kings 10:26-28 , may be thou...
Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Prove...
no wisdom... against the LORD. Illustrations: Pharaoh ( Exodus 1:10 . See App-23); Balak ( Numbers 24:10 ); Ahaziah ( 2 Kings 1:9-17 ); Sennacherib ( 2 Chronicles 32:21 ; Isaiah 30:31 ); Haman ( E...
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. ( Isaiah 7:9-10 ; Acts 5:39 ; cf. the issue of Ahithophel's wise counsel, 2 Samuel 16:23 ; 2 Samuel 17:1-14 ; 2 Samuel 17...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
There is no wisdom... against the Lord — Comp. 1 Corinthians 3:19 ; Isaiah 54:17 ; Psalms 2:4 .
CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the prov...
Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man t...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse...
[There is] no wisdom nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord. No human schemes whatever, formed with the greatest wisdom and prudence, can ever prevail against God, or set aside or hinder t...
Proverbs 21:30 [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. Ver. 30. There is no wisdom against the Lord. ] That is, they are all to no purpose. If God deny concourse, an...
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the L ORD . 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the L ORD . The designing busy pa...
Which can prevail against the counsel and will of God.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:30-31 COUNSEL AGAINST THE LORD I. Only those plans succeed which harmonise with the will of God . This is of course true only in regard to the ultimate and final...
Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn fi...
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord. The vanity of attempting to oppose God One of the most formidable methods of attacking religion is to exhibit it as a contriva...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the...
v. 30. There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord, all human wisdom which would set itself over against the truth of God's eternal Word is folly.
1 Peter 2:8 ; Acts 4:27 ; Acts 4:28 ; Acts 5:39 ; Isaiah 14:27 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Isaiah 46:11 ; Isaiah 7:5-7 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Jeremiah 9:23 ; Jonah 1:13 ; Proverbs 19:21