Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. | Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. |
A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. | The mind of a person plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. |
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There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. | Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the Lord will stand. |
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 plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’ |
Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established. | Commit your works to the Lord, And your plans will be established. |
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 your whole plan! |
O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. | Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. |
Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. | Certainly the Lord God does nothing Unless He reveals His secret plan To His servants the prophets. |
The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. | The Lord watches over strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked. |
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. | The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your faithfulness, Lord, is everlasting; Do not abandon the works of Your hands. |
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. | If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. |