my future
What does the Bible say about my future? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
5Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.
9The heart of man disposes his way. But it is for Lord to direct his steps.
2Most beloved, concerning everything, I make it my prayer that you may benefit by advancing and succeeding in whatever may be to the benefit of your soul.
10The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
26Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are? 27And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?
18You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity. 19Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
1A Psalm of David himself. Do not choose to imitate the malicious; neither should you envy those who work iniquity. 2For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop. 3Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches. 4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart. 5Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it. 6And he will bring forth your justice like the light, and your judgment like the midday.
5Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. 6In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.
15And he said to them: “Go forth to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature.
9But this is just as it has been written: “The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him.”
2He was with God in the beginning. 3All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him. 4Life was in Him, and Life was the light of men. 5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6There was a man sent by God, whose name was John. 7He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.
6And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.
3And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
5May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.