For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for 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. |
Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. | Plans miscarry when counsel is lacking, but they succeed when there are many counselors. |
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Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. | Entrust everything that you do to the Lord, and your plans will turn out to be successful. |
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. | A man may plan his own course, but the Lord makes his steps secure. |
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. | Many are the plans in a human mind, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will prevail. |
May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! | May he give you your heart’s desire and grant you success in all your plans. |
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. | O Lord, you are my God. I will exalt you and praise your name, for you have accomplished wonderful things, formulated in ages past, faithful and sure. |
For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. | Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets. |
The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. | The Lord watches over the stranger and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he blocks the way of the wicked. |
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. | The Lord will fulfill his plan for me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the work of your hands. |
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. | If I have the gift of prophecy and the ability to understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all the faith necessary to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. |