There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
There is no human wisdom nor understanding nor counsel that can prevail against the Lord. Worldly wisdom is to be left behind for wisdom from above, which is pure and peaceable and gentle and open to reason and full of mercy and good fruits. The Lord's will cannot be defeated, for his purpose stands and he accomplishes whatever he pleases.
God limits what rulers and nations can do and overrules their plans to accomplish his own purposes, so their power and schemes cannot go beyond what he permits. A human law that contradicts God's law has no authority to require disobedience to God, so obedience to God may require disobeying that human law. As Creator, God has authority to preserve or destroy people according to whether they are fit to continue in existence. Jacob and his mother tried to secure God's promised blessing by deception instead of trusting God to work it out in his own way, and their carnal policy brought years of sorrow and care and anxiety.
There is no human wisdom nor understanding nor counsel that can prevail against the Lord. Worldly wisdom is to be left behind for wisdom from above, which is pure and peaceable and gentle and open to reason and full of mercy and good fruits. The Lord's will cannot be defeated, for his purpose stands and he accomplishes whatever he pleases.
God limits what rulers and nations can do and overrules their plans to accomplish his own purposes, so their power and schemes cannot go beyond what he permits. A human law that contradicts God's law has no authority to require disobedience to God, so obedience to God may require disobeying that human law. As Creator, God has authority to preserve or destroy people according to whether they are fit to continue in existence. Jacob and his mother tried to secure God's promised blessing by deception instead of trusting God to work it out in his own way, and their carnal policy brought years of sorrow and care and anxiety.