Bible Verses About Plans for the Future
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for plans for the future, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,790 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 Plans for the Future
Jeremiah 29:11770 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 16:3369 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
James 4:13-16349 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:
Proverbs 19:21290 votes
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Isaiah 55:8-9261 votes
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
Proverbs 3:5211 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Luke 12:32210 votes
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
2 Timothy 3:1-17170 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Romans 8:18166 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.
Philippians 1:6143 votes
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Matthew 6:25-34110 votes
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
James 4:13-17108 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:
1 Timothy 4:12104 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
1 Thessalonians 5:9100 votes
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 John 3:2297 votes
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Proverbs 16:988 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
John 15:1-2759 votes
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Psalms 23:658 votes
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Revelation 21:452 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.
2 Timothy 3:150 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 Timothy 3:1649 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Matthew 24:1-5148 votes
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Isaiah 40:3146 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.
Romans 8:2846 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.
Matthew 6:3444 votes
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
What does the Bible say about plans for the future?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 29:11 on the subject of plans for the future. Across 5,790 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 16:3, James 4:13-16, Proverbs 19:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.