- Commit your actions to the Lord,
and your plans will succeed. - But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
- “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
- We can make our plans,
but the Lord determines our steps. - May he grant your heart’s desires
and make all your plans succeed. - Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
many advisers bring success. - You can make many plans,
but the Lord’s purpose will prevail. - Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
for I am trusting you.
Show me where to walk,
for I give myself to you. - For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven. - “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.” - Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit. - Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
so that we may grow in wisdom. - For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. - The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher,
and he gives the farmer great wisdom. - But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.
- Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything
until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets. - Don’t envy violent people
or copy their ways.
Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
but he offers his friendship to the godly.
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
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