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What Does the Bible Say About Moving Forward?

Here are 15 Bible verses about moving forward, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #12 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!

  2. #2Isaiah 43:18

    Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

    BSB“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

  3. #3Proverbs 3:5-6

    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

    BSBTrust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

  4. #4Psalms 32:8

    I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

    BSBI will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

  5. #5Isaiah 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.

  6. #6Philippians 3:12-14

    Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 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.

    BSBNot that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, 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. #7Jeremiah 29:11

    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.

    BSBFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

  8. #8John 14:6

    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

    BSBJesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

  9. #91 John 5:14

    And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

    BSBAnd this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

  10. #10Proverbs 4:25

    Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

    BSBLet your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

  11. #11John 5:8

    Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

    BSBThen Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

  12. #12Deuteronomy 1:6

    The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

    BSBThe LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

  13. #13Job 17:9

    The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

    BSBYet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

  14. #141 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.

  15. #15Exodus 14:15-16

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

    BSBThen the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

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