81 Bible Verses about Plans

Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you. Return ye now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those that ye let remain of them shall be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land in which ye dwell. And it shall come to pass, that, as I thought to do to them, so I will do to you.

Have thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that thou should be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded. They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

For he performs that which is appointed for me. And many such things are with him. Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him. For God has made my heart faint, and the Almighty has terrified me,

O LORD, thou are my God. I will exalt thee. I will praise thy name. For thou have done wonderful things, [even] counsels of old, in faithfulness [and] truth. For thou have made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It shall never be built.

Have thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb. As the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up.

It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may relent of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.

LORD has done that which he purposed. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. And he has caused the enemy to rejoice over thee. He has exalted the horn of thine advers

Therefore thus says LORD: Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which ye shall not remove your necks, nor shall ye walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.

LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand, that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot upon my mountains. Then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.read more.
For LORD of hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Where then are thy wise men? And let them tell thee now, and let them know what LORD of hosts has purposed concerning Egypt.

Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are rulers, whose traders are the honored of the earth? LORD of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Therefore hear ye the counsel of LORD that he has taken against Edom, and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock. Surely he shall m

Therefore hear ye the counsel of LORD, that he has taken against Babylon, and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock. Surely he sh

And now many nations are assembled against thee, who say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [our desire] upon Zion. But they know not the thoughts of LORD, nor do they understand his counsel, for he has gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass, and thou shall beat many peoples in pieces. And I will devote their gain to LORD, and their substance to LORD of the whole earth.

in him in whom also we obtained an inheritance. Having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the deliberation of his will.

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou have done, and thy thoughts which are toward us. They cannot be set in order to thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

God having foreseen something superior concerning us, so that without us they would not be made fully perfect.

And thou shall raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion of it which has been shown thee on the mount. And thou shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. With cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made. And thou shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks [shall be] of gold, upon four sockets of silver.read more.
And thou shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony. And the veil shall separate to you between the holy place and the most holy. And thou shall put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. And thou shall set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. And thou shall put the table on the north side. And thou shall make a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. And thou shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and thou shall cast five sockets of brass for them.

Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses of it, and of the treasuries of it, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy-seat, and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of LORD, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things,

Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities, and let them measure the pattern. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and the fashion of it, and the exits of it, and the entrances of it, and all the forms of it, and all the ordinances of it, and all the fo

Surely lord LORD will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

And thou shall raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion of it which has been shown thee on the mount.

Therefore hear ye the counsel of LORD that he has taken against Edom, and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock. Surely he shall m The earth trembles at the noise of their fall. There is a cry; the noise of it is heard in the Red Sea.

I know that thou can do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

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

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope, who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it. And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!

calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yea, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed. I will also do it.

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them, that they may return every man from his evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

Then the word of LORD came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? says LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel. At that instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,read more.
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them. And at that instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. And God relented of the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

They encourage themselves in an evil purpose. They converse of laying snares secretly. They say, Who will see them? They search out iniquities, [saying,] We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart [are] deep.

Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night. And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid. And all the people who are with him shall flee. And I will only smite the king, and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seek is as if all returned, [so] all the people shall be in peace.read more.
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus. And king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship And Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it until the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.

[and men] who devise mischievous things in their heart. They gather themselves continually together for war.

Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth [are to] those who devise good.

If thou have done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou have thought evil, [lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

Woe to the rebellious sons, says LORD, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

But they say, It is in vain. For we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

And after assembling with the elders, and having taken consultation, they gave many silver pieces to the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples, having come by night, stole him from us while we slept.

The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people. As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of LORD, and for the footstool of our God. And I had made

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor because LORD is his refuge.

The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.

But a noble man devises noble things, and in noble things he shall continue.

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.

whenever I go to Spain I will come to you. For I hope to see you while passing through, and there to be helped on the way by you, if first I may be partly satisfied from you.

And in this confidence I intended to come to you earlier, so that ye might have a second benefit, and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be helped on the way toward Judea. Therefore intending this, did I accordingly employ anything in lightness? Or what I decide, do I decide according to flesh, so that it would be with me the yes, yes and the no, no?

Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

Then said David, O LORD, the God of Israel, thy servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of a wicked man. Preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

Flee ye. Wander far off. Dwell in the depths, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, says LORD. For Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.

Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah. For the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not gi

Then the Pharisees having departed, they took counsel how they might trap him in his talk.

But the chief priests decided that they should kill Lazarus also, since because of him many of the Jews were going and were believing in Jesus.

And after considerable days were fulfilled, the Jews plotted to destroy him, but their plot was known to Saul. And they watched the gates both day and night so that they might destroy him.

And a decision of the soldiers developed that they should kill the prisoners, lest any man, having swam away, might escape. But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, prevented them from their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, having first jumped out, to go to the land,

Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain-- men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away-- in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.

LORD brings the counsel of the nations to naught. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

grant thee thy heart's desire, and fulfill all thy counsel.

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked man. Do not further his evil device. They exalt themselves. Selah.

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from LORD. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the spirits. Commit thy works to LORD, and thy purposes shall be established.

There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of LORD, that shall stand.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.

Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing. Speak the word, and it shall not stand, for God is with us.

And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy the counsel of it. And they shall seek for the idols, and for the charmers, and for those who have familiar spirits, and for the wizards.

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. And I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. And I will give their dead bodies to be food for