Bible Verses About Our Purpose
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for our purpose, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,413 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 Our Purpose
Jeremiah 29:11778 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.
Romans 8:28490 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.
Proverbs 16:9451 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
John 15:16421 votes
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Acts 26:16402 votes
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
Matthew 28:19253 votes
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Ephesians 1:11239 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:
Isaiah 43:7203 votes
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13188 votes
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Isaiah 14:24166 votes
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
1 Corinthians 6:19-20155 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Jeremiah 1:5150 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Philippians 2:1-4137 votes
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Isaiah 14:27124 votes
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Ephesians 2:10118 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 139:13-16102 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Isaiah 14:2692 votes
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
Genesis 1:2890 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Micah 6:884 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Ephesians 2:8-975 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Revelation 21:475 votes
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Proverbs 19:2172 votes
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Ephesians 3:1167 votes
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
James 2:20-2467 votes
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Exodus 9:1661 votes
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
What does the Bible say about our purpose?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 29:11 on the subject of our purpose. Across 7,413 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 8:28, Proverbs 16:9, John 15:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.