Bible Verses About Living in the Past
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for living in the past, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,406 votes, led by Isaiah 43:18-19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Living in the Past
Isaiah 43:18-19289 votes
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Luke 9:62184 votes
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 7:10177 votes
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 5:17175 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Philippians 3:13-14139 votes
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 13:12138 votes
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.
1 John 1:9103 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Colossians 3:293 votes
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Hebrews 8:1285 votes
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
2 Corinthians 7:1067 votes
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Psalms 103:265 votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Lamentations 3:2362 votes
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
1 Corinthians 13:1159 votes
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 2:1-2659 votes
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Malachi 3:653 votes
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Matthew 24:253 votes
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 17:3053 votes
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Acts 20:2453 votes
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.
Romans 14:553 votes
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Psalms 16:1044 votes
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
1 John 2:15-1943 votes
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.
Psalms 136:1-2640 votes
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Acts 2:2740 votes
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Galatians 2:2040 votes
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.
Matthew 24:3532 votes
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
What does the Bible say about living in the past?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 43:18-19 on the subject of living in the past. Across 3,406 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 9:62, Ecclesiastes 7:10, 2 Corinthians 5:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.