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 just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
“Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
“Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
“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.”
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
“And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;”
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
“¶ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”
“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.”
“¶ [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.”
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.”
“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
“¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”
“I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”
“The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.”
“Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.”
“For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.”
“But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”
“[He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.”
“¶ [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.”
“Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.”
“And Jesus said unto him, ‹No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.›”
“For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”
“And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.”
“Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.”
“The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.”
“Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.”
“For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].”
“The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.”
“For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.”
“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”
“The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.”
“But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble.”
“They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and 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 on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].”
“The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.”
“The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.”
“The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.”
“Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.”
“A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.”
“For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.”
“But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.”
“For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.”
“The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.”