Making Plans

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: — read the full passage →

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

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: — read the full passage →

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it? — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Grant thee thy heart’s desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.

Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.

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

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

O Jehovah, 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 who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. — read the full passage →

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

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

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times 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 for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.

The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast 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 his kingdom, 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 light unto my path.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

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

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.

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.

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: — read the full passage →

Rejoice always; — read the full passage →

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

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

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

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

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak 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 watchful: 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 to us-ward. — 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 our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: — read the full passage →

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

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 Jehovah. — read the full passage →

He becometh poor that worketh 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 birds of the heavens, 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 him to show unto his servants, even the 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 ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

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

Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; — read the full passage →

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

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

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

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

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

But let all things be done decently and in order.

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

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the 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 shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Envy thou not the man of violence, 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.

Wherefore also I was hindered these many times 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 grain and my goods.

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

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger. — read the full passage →