- Commit your works to the Lord,
And your thoughts will be established. - For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it?
- For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- A man’s heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps. - May He grant you according to your heart’s desire,
And fulfill all your purpose. - Without counsel, plans go awry,
But in the multitude of counselors they are established. - There are many plans in a man’s heart,
Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. - Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You. - To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven. - “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. - Do not overwork to be rich;
Because of your own understanding, cease! - So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom. - For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts. - This also comes from the Lord of hosts,
Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance. - But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
- Do not envy the oppressor,
And choose none of his ways;
For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,
But His secret counsel is with the upright. - Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.Next verse!With image