Purpose

For when you wonder what it’s all for: verses about meaning and a life that matters.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the LORD, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.Jeremiah 29:11

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.Ephesians 2:10

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?Micah 6:8

Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’Matthew 22:37

This is the first and great commandment.Matthew 22:38

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’Matthew 22:39

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.Proverbs 3:5

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.Proverbs 3:6

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,Colossians 3:23

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Bible text: World English Bible (public domain), adapted to use “the LORD” for God’s name.