25 Bible Verses About Preparing For The Future

Proverbs 6:6-8 – Learn from the Ants

“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.”

Proverbs 21:5 – Planning Leads to Prosperity

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

Proverbs 13:22 – Leaving an Inheritance

“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.”

Proverbs 22:3 – Prudence for Protection

“The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”

Matthew 6:19-21 – Storing Up Treasures

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Matthew 7:24-27 – Build on a Solid Foundation

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

Proverbs 27:12 – Taking Refuge in Wisdom

“The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”

Proverbs 24:27 – Planning for Success

“Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.”

Proverbs 27:23 – Know the State of Your Flocks

“Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds.”

Proverbs 10:4 – Diligence Leads to Wealth

“Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.”

Proverbs 14:15 – The Prudent Give Thought to Their Steps

“The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.”

Proverbs 16:3 – Commit Your Plans to the Lord

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

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Proverbs 24:27 – Plan Ahead

“Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.”

2 Corinthians 9:6 – Sowing and Reaping

“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”

Proverbs 12:11 – Hard Work Yields Prosperity

“Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.”

Psalm 90:12 – Teach Us to Number Our Days

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

Proverbs 27:23-24 – Understanding the Condition of Your Business

“Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.”

Proverbs 14:23 – Hard Work Brings Profit

“All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”

Proverbs 19:21 – God’s Purpose Prevails

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

Ecclesiastes 11:6 – Sowing in the Morning and Evening

“Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.”

Proverbs 21:20 – Wise People Store Up

“The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.”

Proverbs 6:6-11 – Learn from the Ants

“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.”

Proverbs 16:9 – The Lord Directs Our Steps

“In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”

Proverbs 27:12 – The Prudent See Danger and Take Refuge

“The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”

Proverbs 28:19 – Diligence Leads to Abundance

“Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.”

Proverbs 15:22 – Seek Wise Counsel

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

Galatians 6:7-8 – Reaping What We Sow

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”

Luke 14:28 – Counting the Cost

“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?”

Proverbs 16:16 – Wisdom is Better Than Gold

“How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!”

Proverbs 27:23 – Know the State of Your Flocks

“Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds.”

Proverbs 3:9-10 – Honor the Lord with Your Wealth

“Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.”

James 4:13-15 – If the Lord Wills

“Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.’”

Proverbs 14:8 – The Wisdom of the Prudent

“The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.”

Proverbs 21:5 – Diligence Leads to Plenty

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

Proverbs 13:16 – Prudence Leads to Favor

“Every prudent person acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes their folly.”

1 Corinthians 16:2 – Set Something Aside

“On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.”

Hebrews 11:1 – Faith and Assurance

“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

Proverbs 24:27 – Plan Ahead

“Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.”

Micah 6:8 – Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly

“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

Proverbs 3:21-23 – Wisdom and a Long Life

“My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.”

Proverbs 16:3 – Commit to the Lord

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

Proverbs 15:22 – Seek Wise Counsel

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

Proverbs 27:12 – Taking Refuge in Wisdom

“The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”

Ecclesiastes 11:6 – Sowing in the Morning and Evening

“Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.”