Jeremiah Bible Quotes: Hope, Faith & Wisdom

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

I will restore health to you and heal your wounds, says the Lord.

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion, and they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord.

I will bring them back; I will have compassion on them.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

They will walk beside streams of water, flourishing like trees planted by God.

I will build you up again, and you will be rebuilt.

I will gather the remnant of my flock and bring them back to their pasture.

They will no longer learn the ways of falsehood, but will serve the Lord their God.

I will pour out my Spirit upon them, and they shall live.

I will heal their waywardness and love them freely.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end.

Great is your faithfulness; it is renewed every morning.

I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

My lovingkindness will not depart from you, nor will my covenant of peace be removed.

I will never leave you nor forsake you, says the Lord.

My eyes are upon you, and I will keep you as the apple of my eye.

I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

I will fulfill my promise to you without fail.

Not one word of all the good promises has failed.

I am the Lord who keeps every promise I make.

My word stands forever, firm as the heavens.

I have sworn by myself, and I will not lie.

Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.

He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.

It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Let your heart not be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him.

I will put my trust in him and not be afraid.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

Because you are with me, your rod and your staff comfort me.

Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you.

Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will frown on you no longer, for I am merciful.

Wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved.

How long will you harbor evil thoughts?

You have played the harlot with many lovers—would you now return to me?

Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, remove the foreskin of your hearts.

Turn, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: Forgive all our sins.

Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts.

Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him.

Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty.

The Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all who wait for him.

I will bring disaster on this place because of the sins of its people.

They have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods.

Therefore, my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.

I will send sword, famine, and plague until they are destroyed.

They have turned their backs to me, not their faces.

They have built high places to Baal to burn their children in the fire.

I am watching over my word to perform it.

The time is coming when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh.

Every nation will pass by this city and say, 'Why has the Lord done such a thing?'.

Because they have abandoned my law, I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.

Their princes will be thrown down from the temple, and there will be no peace for anyone.

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

Let the wicked forsake their ways and return to the Lord.

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray, I will hear from heaven.

Present your case, says the Lord. Bring forward your strongest arguments.

Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds.

Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Pray without ceasing.

Be still, and know that I am God.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.

They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you.

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria.

The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

No weapon forged against you will prevail.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid of what man can do to me.

Understand that the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Be alert, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.

I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined.'

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he the child of delight? Indeed, as often as I speak against him, I still remember him.

Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will have great compassion on him.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely.

I will satisfy her priests with abundance, and her people will be filled with my blessings.

They will come from afar to worship the Lord in holiness.

There will be peace within your walls and security within your towers.

I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down with no one to make you afraid.

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning.

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct.

Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it.

Let not the wise boast of their wisdom, nor the strong of their strength, nor the rich of their riches.

But let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have understanding and know me.

For I know that after I die, you will act wickedly and turn away from the commandments.

Listen and pay attention; do not be arrogant, for the Lord has spoken.

Learn from the past and consider the former days.

What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it?

Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people.

Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you.

Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them.

The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch.

He will reign as king and will deal wisely; he will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.

I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand.

I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.

I will be their God, and they will be my people.

No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the Lord.'

Because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

For I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more.

A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children.

She refuses to be comforted, because they are no more—but a time of restoration is coming.