30 Bible Verses About Starting Over

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

“Brothers and sisters, 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, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm— my great army that I sent among you.”

“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”

“To provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.”

“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”

“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.”

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”

“Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”

“Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”

“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.”

“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.”

“See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.”

“For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—”

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.”