Bible Verses About Divine Plans

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

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

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?