Making Plans

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: — read the full passage →

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: — read the full passage →

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: — read the full passage →

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: — read the full passage →

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, — read the full passage →

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. — read the full passage →

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: — read the full passage →

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: — read the full passage →

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: — read the full passage →

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, — read the full passage →

A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. — read the full passage →

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. — read the full passage →

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. — read the full passage →