¹² So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

⁴ May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.

⁸ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

²¹ A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

¹ For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

¹¹ For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

⁴ Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

⁷ Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.

⁸ Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

²² Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

²⁸ For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

⁹ A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

³¹ Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

³² For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

³³ The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

²⁹ This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.

¹⁰ But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

³ Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.