Bible Verses about Planning
| Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established. | Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed. |
| 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 which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete 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. | “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.” |
| A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. | A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps. |
| May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. | May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel. |
| Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. | Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established. |
| There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. | There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel 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. | Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. 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 everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose 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, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh. |
| Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! | Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. |
| So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. | So teach us to count 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. | 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. | This also comes out from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom. |
| But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. | But to us, God revealed them through the 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. | Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright. |
| Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. | Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. |
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