When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Plans are established by seeking advice; so if you wage war, obtain guidance.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.

Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”

Woe to the Obstinate Nation

“Woe to the obstinate children,” declares the Lord, “to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin;

But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.

But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.’”

They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.”

“‘In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds and the wild animals.

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

He will determine to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will make an alliance with the king of the South. And he will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plans will not succeed or help him.

A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans.

Human Plans and God’s Plans

Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.

From you, Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.

Judas Hangs Himself

Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed.

Jesus Before Pilate

Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

Paul’s Change of Plans

Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.