Bible Verses About New Beginnings
A new year, a new job or a fresh start after a hard season: the Bible has words for each. These verses say God makes things new, forgives the past and gives mercy every morning. Read one as you turn the page.
11 scriptures in modern King James wording
2 Corinthians 5:17KJV
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
Isaiah 43:18KJV
“Remember all of you not the former things, neither consider the things of old.”
Isaiah 43:19KJV
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall all of you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
Lamentations 3:22KJV
“It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”
Lamentations 3:23KJV
“They are new every morning: great is your faithfulness.”
Revelation 21:5KJV
“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.”
Ezekiel 36:26KJV
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”
Psalms 51:10KJV
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
Philippians 3:13KJV
“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,”
Romans 6:4KJV
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”
Proverbs 4:18KJV
“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.”
Common questions
What does the Bible say about new beginnings?
Second Corinthians 5:17 says anyone in Christ is a new creation and the old has passed away. Isaiah 43:19 has God saying he is doing a new thing, and Lamentations 3:22-23 says his mercies are new every morning.
What Bible verse is good for starting a new year?
Isaiah 43:18-19 and Philippians 3:13-14 both look ahead, telling you to leave the past behind and press forward. Lamentations 3:22-23 suits the first morning of the year.
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- Bible Verses About HopeHope in the Bible is not wishful thinking.
- Bible Verses About ForgivenessForgiveness is hard, and the Bible does not pretend otherwise.
- Bible Verses for GraduationA graduate is standing at a door, and the Bible has words for that moment.
- Bible Verses About LifeThese verses cover where life comes from, how short it is and what makes it worth living.
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