- Without counsel plans fail,
but with many advisers they succeed. - This also comes from the Lord of hosts;
he is wonderful in counsel
and excellent in wisdom. - I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you. - Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers. - Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. - Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
but those who plan peace have joy. - May he grant you your heart's desire
and fulfill all your plans! - For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. - If you turn at my reproof,
behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you. - Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,
for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence. - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
- O Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you; I will praise your name,
for you have done wonderful things,
plans formed of old, faithful and sure. - And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.
- But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
- But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
- Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us.