48 Bible Verses about God's Plan For Us

For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.

But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?

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

Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.

A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.

And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!