Bible Verses About Knowing the Future
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for knowing the future, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,462 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 Knowing the Future
Jeremiah 29:11306 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.
Proverbs 19:21169 votes
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Romans 8:28110 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Psalms 139:4108 votes
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
James 4:13-1796 votes
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Isaiah 55:892 votes
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
1 John 3:2092 votes
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
John 16:1375 votes
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Deuteronomy 18:20-2270 votes
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Isaiah 46:1068 votes
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Psalms 119:10567 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalms 139:1667 votes
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Proverbs 3:5-663 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Ephesians 1:1157 votes
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Psalms 90:256 votes
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalms 33:1155 votes
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Ephesians 2:1053 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Psalms 44:2151 votes
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Revelation 1:151 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:
Proverbs 16:949 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Philippians 3:1346 votes
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Isaiah 45:1942 votes
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Romans 8:1842 votes
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Romans 15:1341 votes
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Isaiah 40:3137 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
What does the Bible say about knowing the future?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 29:11 on the subject of knowing the future. Across 3,462 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 19:21, Romans 8:28, Psalms 139:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.