Bible Verses About Making Plans
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for making plans, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,607 votes, led by Proverbs 16:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Making Plans
Proverbs 16:9349 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16:3328 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Jeremiah 29:11256 votes
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.
Proverbs 19:21253 votes
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Proverbs 15:22237 votes
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
James 4:13-15169 votes
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Proverbs 21:5159 votes
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
James 4:13-17145 votes
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Luke 14:28-30133 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Proverbs 3:5-6125 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 16:196 votes
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
Philippians 4:676 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Ephesians 5:15-1768 votes
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Psalms 20:466 votes
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Proverbs 20:1863 votes
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Jeremiah 1:553 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Proverbs 3:648 votes
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Luke 14:2847 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Amos 3:745 votes
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Isaiah 30:140 votes
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Jeremiah 10:2340 votes
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Philippians 2:1335 votes
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Psalms 33:10-1133 votes
The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Matthew 6:3433 votes
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
John 3:1631 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about making plans?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:9 on the subject of making plans. Across 3,607 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 16:3, Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 19:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.