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What Does the Bible Say About Past Relationships?

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

  1. #1Philemon 1:15

    For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

    BSBFor perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—

  2. #21 Corinthians 15:33

    Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

    BSBDo not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

  3. #3Romans 12:2

    And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

    BSBDo not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

  4. #4Ephesians 4:32

    And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

    BSBBe kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

  5. #5Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

    BSBHe who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

  6. #6Luke 1:37

    For with God nothing shall be impossible.

    BSBFor no word from God will ever fail.”

  7. #72 Peter 3:9

    The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

    BSBThe Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

  8. #81 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.

  9. #91 John 4:1

    Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

    BSBBeloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

  10. #102 Corinthians 6:14

    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

    BSBDo not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

  11. #111 Peter 5:7

    Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

    BSBCast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

  12. #121 Corinthians 13:4-7

    Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

    BSBLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

  13. #13Proverbs 27:6

    Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

    BSBThe wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

  14. #14Philippians 3:13

    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,

    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,

  15. #151 Corinthians 6:18

    Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

    BSBFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

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