Where in the Bible does it say 'I know the thoughts that I think toward you'?

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Jeremiah 29:11 says: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (KJV).

The verse appears in Jeremiah 29, in a letter Jeremiah sends to the exiles in Babylon. Read it in context at Jeremiah 29:11, or the full chapter at Jeremiah 29.

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