What Does “Designs (of God)” Mean in the Bible?
A plan, what someone intends to do. “God’s designs” are what God wants and prepares.
Where it appears in the Bible
Jeremiah 29:11; Acts 5:38
What the Bible says
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.
Acts 5:38
And now, therefore, I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this council or this work be of men, it will come to nought;
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “design”