51 Bible Verses about God's Plan

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.

Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

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 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;

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

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

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.

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

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,

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:

The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

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.

The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

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

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

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

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;

Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

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

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

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.

The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

So now, make a change for the better in your ways and your doings, and give ear to the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will let himself be turned from the decision he has made against you for evil.

To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.

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?

So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

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

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.

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:

Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

And Job said in answer to the Lord,

Because God has put it in their hearts to do his purpose, and to be of one mind, giving their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God have effect and are complete.

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.