48 Bible Verses about God's Plan For Us

For I know what I have planned for you,' says the Lord. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.

There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.

O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted;

The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

"Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

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

"Yes, God is great -- beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."

You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that."

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord's promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, 'My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,'

But they just keep saying, 'We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!'"

Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

The Lord gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.

But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."

He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ -- the things in heaven and the things on earth.

It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, "The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good."

O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."

If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you.

He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!