43 Bible Verses about Trusting God's Plan

For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Commit your way to the Lord;
Trust in Him also and He will do it.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.

Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart
And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him],
And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].

As for God, His way is blameless.
The word of the Lord is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless];
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom and rhetoric of men, but on the power of God.

“As for God, His way is blameless and perfect;
The word of the Lord is tested.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge and trust in Him.

In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him,
And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of your wonders,
They would be too many to count.

Yet in spite of this word, you did not trust [that is, confidently rely on and believe] the Lord your God,

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.

And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

But they quickly forgot His works;
They did not [patiently] wait for His counsel and purpose [to be revealed regarding them],

But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him,
That I may tell of all Your works.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed in a way that awakens more faith]. As it is written and forever remains written, “The just and upright shall live by faith.”

O my God, in You I [have unwavering] trust [and I rely on You with steadfast confidence],
Do not let me be ashamed or my hope in You be disappointed;
Do not let my enemies triumph over me.

He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool,
But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued.

It was with this confidence that I planned at first to visit you, so that you might receive twice a token of grace;

The plans and reflections of the heart belong to man,
But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
Taking refuge in his wealth.”

How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel),
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
But deliverance and victory belong to the Lord.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

Delight yourself in the Lord,
And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

May He grant you your heart’s desire
And fulfill all your plans.

“Woe (judgment is coming) to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;

For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.

A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life],
But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them.

Then I said, “I have labored in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity (pride, uselessness);
However My justice is with the Lord,
And My reward is with My God.”

so that we who were the first to hope in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him as our Lord and Savior] would exist to the praise of His glory.

Just as you do not know the way and path of the wind or how the bones are formed in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

For I do not wish to see you right now just in passing, but I hope to remain with you for some time [later on], if the Lord permits.

There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.

Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
Who lives securely beside you.

“The Rock! His work is perfect,
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice),
Just and upright is He.

for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’

because God had us in mind and had something better for us, so that they [these men and women of authentic faith] would not be made perfect [that is, completed in Him] apart from us.

He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good,
And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the Lord.