Job 17:11
“My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart;
The wishes of my heart [are broken].
Job 7:6
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Job 9:25-26
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Proverbs 16:9
A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life],
But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them.
Proverbs 19:21
Many plans are in a man’s mind,
But it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.
Isaiah 8:10
“Take counsel together [against Judah], but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, but it will not stand,
For God is with us (Immanuel).”
Isaiah 38:10
I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Lamentations 3:37
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?
Romans 1:13
I do not want you to be unaware,
2 Corinthians 1:15-17
It was with this confidence that I planned at first to visit you, so that you might receive twice a token of grace;
James 4:13-15
Come now [and pay attention to this], you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.”
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My days
Purposes
General references
Bible References
My days
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Purposes
A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life],
But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them.
Many plans are in a man’s mind,
But it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).
“Take counsel together [against Judah], but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, but it will not stand,
For God is with us (Immanuel).”
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?
General references
I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”