17 Bible Verses about God's Plans

"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'

"Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins,

You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

"'Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should make fortified cities crash into heaps of ruins,

The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

"Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields!The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple.