What does the Bible say about plans for the future?

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• Jeremiah 29:11

  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

• Proverbs 16:3

  Commit your deeds to Yahweh, And your plans shall succeed.

• James 4:13-16

  [13] Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit." [14] Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. [15] For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that." [16] But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

• Proverbs 19:21

  There are many plans in a man's heart, But Yahweh's counsel will prevail.

• Isaiah 55:8-9

  [8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh. [9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

• Proverbs 3:5

  Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding.

• Luke 12:32

  Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

• 2 Timothy 3:1-17

  [1] But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. [2] For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3] without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, [4] traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; [5] holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof. Turn away from these, also. [6] For of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, [7] always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. [8] Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith. [9] But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be. [10] But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, [11] persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me. [12] Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. [13] But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. [14] But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. [15] From infancy, you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. [16] Every writing inspired by God is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness, [17] that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

• Romans 8:18

  For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

• Philippians 1:6

  being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

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