Bible Verses About Purpose

Ephesians 2:10 uses a word worth pausing on: we are his workmanship. The Greek behind it gives us poem. Whatever else the verse claims, it treats a person as something made deliberately rather than assembled by accident.

Proverbs 19:21 is the sober one: there are many devices in a man's heart, nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand. It does not say your plans are worthless. It says they are not the deciding factor.

Micah answers the question more directly than anything else here. What does the Lord require of thee? To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly. Three things, none of them a career.

The verses

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Jeremiah 29:11

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.

Open → Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Open → Romans 8:28

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.

Open → Proverbs 19:21

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Open → Psalms 138:8

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever.

Open → Philippians 1:6

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:

Open → 1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Open → Micah 6:8

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?

Open → Colossians 3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Open → Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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Work Guidance and Decisions Hope Humility and Pride

Scripture: King James Version, public domain. Last updated August 15, 2026.