# Where is “For I know the plans I have for you” in the Bible?

> “For I know the plans I have for you” is Jeremiah 29:11.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/for-i-know-the-plans-i-have-for-you
By Andrew Kittridge · November 10, 2026

God says it through the prophet Jeremiah, in a letter to Jews taken captive to Babylon.

## The verse

> For I myself know the plans I have in mind for you, declares Yahweh—plans for peace and not for disaster, to give you a future and something to hope for.
>
> — [Jeremiah 29:11](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/29#11) (Lumin Translation)

English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here.

## What it means there

The verse before it says the exile will last 70 years (Jeremiah 29:10). The promise is to a whole people, and most who first heard it did not live to go home. It shows what God is like toward his people, on a long timeline.

## Common questions

### Where is “For I know the plans I have for you” in the Bible?

“For I know the plans I have for you” is Jeremiah 29:11. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. God says it through the prophet Jeremiah, in a letter to Jews taken captive to Babylon.

### Is “For I know the plans I have for you” in the Bible?

Yes. It is Jeremiah 29:11. In the Lumin Translation, Jeremiah 29:11 reads: “For I myself know the plans I have in mind for you, declares Yahweh—plans for peace and not for disaster, to give you a future and something to hope for.”

### Who said “For I know the plans I have for you”?

God says it through the prophet Jeremiah, in a letter to Jews taken captive to Babylon.

### What does “For I know the plans I have for you” mean in the Bible?

The verse before it says the exile will last 70 years (Jeremiah 29:10). The promise is to a whole people, and most who first heard it did not live to go home. It shows what God is like toward his people, on a long timeline.

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