# Is “Bloom where you are planted” in the Bible?

> No. “Bloom where you are planted” is not in the Bible.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/bloom-where-you-are-planted
By Andrew Kittridge · November 9, 2026

The nearest passage is Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles: build houses, plant gardens, and look after the peace of the city where you are (Jeremiah 29:5-7). Paul says each one should live the life the Lord has assigned (1 Corinthians 7:17).

Not in the Bible. Origin uncertain.

## What the Bible says instead

> Build houses and make your home in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. Take wives and father sons and daughters. Get wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so they can bear sons and daughters. Grow numerous there; do not dwindle. Look after the peace of the city I have exiled you to, and pray to Yahweh for it, because when it has peace, you will have peace.
>
> — [Jeremiah 29:5-7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/29#5) (Lumin Translation)

> Nevertheless, each one should live the life the Lord has assigned to him, as God has called him. This is what I direct in all the churches.
>
> — [1 Corinthians 7:17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-corinthians/7#17) (Lumin Translation)

## Common questions

### Is “Bloom where you are planted” in the Bible?

No. “Bloom where you are planted” is not in the Bible. The nearest passage is Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles: build houses, plant gardens, and look after the peace of the city where you are (Jeremiah 29:5-7). Paul says each one should live the life the Lord has assigned (1 Corinthians 7:17).

### What does the Bible say instead?

Read Jeremiah 29:5-7, 1 Corinthians 7:17. The nearest passage is Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles: build houses, plant gardens, and look after the peace of the city where you are (Jeremiah 29:5-7). Paul says each one should live the life the Lord has assigned (1 Corinthians 7:17).

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