Living in the past

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• Isaiah 43:18–19

  Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 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.

• Luke 9:62

  And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

• Ecclesiastes 7:10

  Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

• 2 Corinthians 5:17

  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

• Romans 13:12

  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

• Philippians 3:13–14

  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.

• 1 John 1:9

  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

• Colossians 3:2

  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

• Hebrews 8:12

  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

• 2 Corinthians 7:10

  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

• Psalms 103:2

  Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

• Lamentations 3:23

  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

• 1 Corinthians 13:11

  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

• 2 Timothy 2:1–26

  Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. …

• Malachi 3:6

  For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

• Acts 20:24

  But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

• Matthew 24:2

  And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

• Acts 17:30

  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

• Romans 14:5

  One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

• 1 John 2:15–19

  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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. …

• Psalms 16:10

  For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

• Galatians 2:20

  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.

• Acts 2:27

  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

• Psalms 136:1–26

  O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. …

• Matthew 24:35

  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

• Proverbs 28:26

  He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

• Galatians 5:13–24

  For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. …

• Habakkuk 3:16–19

  When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. …

• Joel 2:25

  And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

• Revelation 22:12

  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

• Amos 9:11

  In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

• Ecclesiastes 2:11

  Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

• Revelation 1:1–20

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. …

• 1 Samuel 15:29

  And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

• Job 15:21

  A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

• Psalms 50:15

  And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

• James 3:16–5:1

  For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. …

• Revelation 12:11

  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

• Job 29:1–25

  Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; …

• Ezekiel 12:1–28

  The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. …