Bible Verses about Planning
| Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established. | Entrust everything that you do to the Lord, and your plans will turn out to be successful. |
| 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? | Which one of you, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has sufficient funds for its completion? |
| 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. | For I know full well the plans I have for you, plans for your welfare and not for your misfortune, plans that will offer you a future filled with hope. |
| A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. | A man may plan his own course, but the Lord makes his steps secure. |
| May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. | May he give you your heart’s desire and grant you success in all your plans. |
| Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. | Plans miscarry when counsel is lacking, but they succeed when there are many counselors. |
| There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. | Many are the plans in a human mind, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will prevail. |
| 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. | At dawn let me experience your kindness, for in you I place my trust. Show me the path I must walk, for to you I lift up my soul. |
| To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven. | For everything there is a season, and a time for every activity under heaven. |
| “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. | 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! | Do not wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth, and cease even to think about it. |
| So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. | Teach us to comprehend how few our days are so that our hearts may be filled with wisdom. |
| For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. | As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. |
| This also comes from the Lord of hosts, Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance. | All this knowledge comes from the Lord of hosts whose counsel is wonderful and whose wisdom is great. |
| But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. | However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God. |
| Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. | Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets. |
| 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. | Do not envy a violent man or choose to emulate any of his ways. For the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord whose friendship is bestowed only upon the upright. |
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