Bible Verses about “looking back”

“Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.”

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.”

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.”

“Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.”

“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,”

“But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.”

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;”

“for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.”

“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

“The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.”

“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.”

“"Don't remember the former things, and don't consider the things of old.”

“All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.”

“But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:”

“He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.”

“The same was in the beginning with God.”

“who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.”

“In him was life, and the life was the light of men.”

“He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.”

“For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.”

“The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.”

“No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.”

“Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."”

“The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.”

“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”

“He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.”

“They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."”

“From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.”

“For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.”

“This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"”

“He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ."”

“They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"”

“He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."”

“They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"”

“There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.”

“The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.”

“But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."”

“The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

“But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."”

“John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"”

“Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"”

“He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).”

“He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."”

“John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.”

“and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"”

“He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).”

“Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!"”

“I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'”