Bible Verses about “putting the past behind”
The Bible contains 50 verses about putting the past behind across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
“Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.”
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.”
“Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
“Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,”
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
“Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.”
“I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.”
“and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,”
“that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;”
“and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.”
“The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.”
“Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”
“Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:”
“"Don't remember the former things, and don't consider the things of old.”
“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.”
“Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.”
“I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.”
“A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.”
“Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.”
“For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.”
“But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”
“All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.”
“Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.”
“Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.”
“But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."”
“For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.”
“he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.”
“Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.”
“The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.”
“Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.”
“For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.”
“The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.”
“For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.”
“The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.”
“The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.”
“But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.”
“They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.”
“The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.”
“Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.”
“Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.”
“The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.”
“The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.”
“Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.”
“Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.”
“For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.”
“But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish-- vanish like smoke.”
“For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.”
“Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.”