Quotes About Plans

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.

Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ëBehold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.í

But they will reply, ëIt is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.í”

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

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

Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you; for I will be going through Macedonia.

When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”