planning
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5The intentions of the robust continually bring forth abundance. But all the lazy are continually in need.
3Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.
28For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?
9The heart of man disposes his way. But it is for Lord to direct his steps.
21There are many intentions in the heart of a man. But the will of the Lord shall stand firm.
11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom. 7For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader, 8she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.
13But who are you to judge your neighbor? Consider this, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into that city, and certainly we will spend a year there, and we will do business, and we will make our profit,” 14consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow. 15For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: “If the Lord wills,” or, “If we live,” we will do this or that.
22Intentions dissipate where there is no counsel. Yet truly, they are confirmed where there are many counselors.
27Prepare your outdoor work, and diligently cultivate your field, so that afterward, you may build your house.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
14Where there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall be.
8Yet truly, the prince will plan things that are worthy of a prince, and he will stand above the rulers.
2Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good. And whoever hurries with his feet will stumble.
3By wisdom shall a house be built, and by prudence shall it be strengthened. 4By doctrine, the storerooms shall be filled with every substance that is precious and most beautiful.