Bible Verses About Having Dreams and Goals
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for having dreams and goals, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 65,090 votes, led by Jeremiah 29:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Having Dreams and Goals
Jeremiah 29:111,807 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Matthew 6:331,669 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Proverbs 16:31,583 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Psalms 37:41,439 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
1 John 4:11,241 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Philippians 4:131,217 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
John 16:331,097 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Romans 12:121,086 votes
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
John 14:61,077 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 John 2:271,033 votes
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10989 votes
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Colossians 3:16966 votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
John 14:15954 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Genesis 12:1-3947 votes
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Joel 2:28813 votes
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Revelation 1:1796 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Acts 2:17774 votes
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
Proverbs 29:18772 votes
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Proverbs 16:9749 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Hebrews 4:12746 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Matthew 1:20708 votes
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Proverbs 19:21706 votes
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Habakkuk 2:2706 votes
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Romans 12:2677 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:7658 votes
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
What does the Bible say about having dreams and goals?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 29:11 on the subject of having dreams and goals. Across 65,090 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 16:3, Psalms 37:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.