Topical Bible

What Does the Bible Say About Living in the Past?

Here are 12 Bible verses about Living in the Past, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Isaiah 43:18-19

    Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

    BSB“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

  2. #2Luke 9:62

    And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

    BSBThen Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

  3. #3Ecclesiastes 7:10

    Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

    BSBDo not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

  4. #42 Corinthians 5:17

    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

    BSBTherefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

  5. #5Romans 13:12

    The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

    BSBThe night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

  6. #6Philippians 3:13-14

    Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

    BSBBrothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

  7. #71 John 1:9

    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    BSBIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  8. #8Colossians 3:2

    Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

    BSBSet your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

  9. #9Hebrews 8:12

    For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

    BSBFor I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

  10. #102 Corinthians 7:10

    For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

    BSBGodly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

  11. #11Psalms 103:2

    Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

    BSBBless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—

  12. #12Lamentations 3:23

    They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

    BSBThey are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

Related topics