[There are] many thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of the Lord abides forever.

And [as for] the son of Aram, and the son of Remaliah, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, [saying],

thus says the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

Know, you Gentiles, and be conquered; listen, even to the extremity of the earth; be conquered, after you strengthened yourselves; for even if you should again strengthen yourselves, you shall again be conquered.

And whatever counsel you shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatever word you shall speak, it shall not stand among you; for God is with us.

For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? And who shall turn back His uplifted hand?

declaring beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together; and I said, all My counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned;

calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned; I have spoken, and brought [him]; I have created and made [him]; I have brought him, and prospered his way.

Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth;

And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.

"For truly they were assembled against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

to do all that Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to come to pass.

but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it--lest you even be found to fight against God."

and "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.