προΐσχεσθαι

From LSJ

ἄλλαι μὲν βουλαὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄλλα δὲ Θεὸς κελεύει → man proposes, God disposes | men's wishes are different from what God orders | man's will is often different than God's decisions

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: προΐσχω) hold in front of one, urge as a pretext, hold out as an excuse, urge in excuse, hold out as a pretext

Lexicon Thucydideum

praetendere, proferre, to hold forth, put forward, 1.26.3,
porrigere, to hold out, extend, 3.58.3, 3.66.2. 3.67.5.
proponere, to propose, 4.87.2, [praeterea vulgo moreover in the common texts 3.68.1, ubi nunc where now προείχοντο.]