100 Bible Verses About God's Plan
Bible verses about God's Plan
Delve into the heart of God's unwavering plan, beautifully unveiled through scripture. Understanding God's design isn't just an intellectual exercise; it's a transformative journey that aligns our hearts with His perfect will. These verses offer glimpses into His grand tapestry, woven with purpose, grace, and unconditional love for each of us. As you explore these passages, may your spirit be renewed, your faith strengthened, and your path illuminated by the divine wisdom that guides us towards our ultimate destiny in His loving embrace. Discover the profound peace and assurance that comes from trusting in His immutable plan for your life.
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Joshua 16:6 (KJV)
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
God's Plan: Discovering His Purpose for Your Life
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar.
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
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.
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
And they removed from Almon–diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Understanding God's plan through these verses offers immense comfort, direction, and purpose. From Jeremiah's assurance of planned prosperity to Romans' declaration of working all things for good, and Ephesians' revelation of predestined adoption, the Scriptures consistently portray a God intimately involved in shaping our lives and destinies. These passages emphasize that we are not adrift in a chaotic universe but are instead held within a loving and purposeful design. Reflecting on these truths encourages us to trust God's guidance, even when the path ahead seems unclear. May these verses inspire you to seek His will, surrender your plans to His, and find peace in the knowledge that you are a cherished part of His grand and eternal plan. Embrace the journey, knowing that His purpose will ultimately prevail in your life.