Top 25 Bible Verses About Planning Ahead In The Bible (ESV)

5   The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

9   The heart of man plans his way,
    but the LORD establishes his steps.

5   Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
    and do not lean on your own understanding.
6   In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths.

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

27   Prepare your work outside;
    get everything ready for yourself in the field,
    and after that build your house.

22   Without counsel plans fail,
    but with many advisers they succeed.

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

6   Go to the ant, O sluggard;
    consider her ways, and be wise.
7   Without having any chief,
    officer, or ruler,
8   she prepares her bread in summer
    and gathers her food in harvest.

28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

16   Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
    but a fool flaunts his folly.

28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

34 Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. 35 And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

21   Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.

8 But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

23   Know well the condition of your flocks,
    and give attention to your herds,

8   The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way,
    but the folly of fools is deceiving.

6   In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths.

14   Where there is no guidance, a people falls,
    but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

3   Commit your work to the LORD,
    and your plans will be established.

5   Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
    and do not lean on your own understanding.

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

20   Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,
    but a foolish man devours it.

16:1   The plans of the heart belong to man,
    but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.