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18 Bible Verses for a Breakup, Including Jeremiah 29:11 and Romans 8:28 in Context

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  • The two verses usually handed to someone after a breakup were written about something else: Jeremiah 29:11 to exiles facing seventy years, Romans 8:28 after Paul says we do not know what to pray for.
  • Psalm 34:18 promises that the Lord is near the brokenhearted, without saying how quickly things improve.
  • Colossians 3:13 makes forgiveness a decision and sets no deadline, so nobody should be hurried into it.
  • Isaiah 43:19 promises a new thing that may begin before anyone can perceive it.
  • None of these verses promises that someone better is being prepared.

The Bible offers people after a breakup God’s nearness, his steady love, and help with grief and anger, but it does not promise that a better partner is on the way. The two verses most often quoted after a breakup were written for other situations. Jeremiah 29:11 was sent to exiles facing seventy years in Babylon, and Romans 8:28 comes just after Paul says that believers do not know what to pray for (8:26). The eighteen verses below cover what…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Jeremiah 29:11 sits inside the letter of Jeremiah 29:4-10, including the instruction to build houses and the seventy years at verse 10.

Romans 8:28 follows the groaning of creation and the Spirit’s wordless intercession at Romans 8:22-27.

“Very present” in Psalm 46:1 renders a Hebrew phrase with the sense of readily found.

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