Bible Verses About Looking Back
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for looking back, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,808 votes, led by Luke 9:62. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Looking Back
Luke 9:62393 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.
Philippians 3:13374 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,
Genesis 19:26272 votes
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Isaiah 43:18-19245 votes
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Luke 9:59-61147 votes
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Ecclesiastes 7:10131 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 Peter 2:21-22118 votes
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
James 1:23-25105 votes
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
2 Corinthians 5:17103 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Luke 17:3299 votes
Remember Lot’s wife.
Jeremiah 29:1190 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Philippians 3:1477 votes
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
John 1:1-5166 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Romans 12:264 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 Timothy 4:1261 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Isaiah 43:1855 votes
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Genesis 19:1750 votes
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Proverbs 16:350 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Philippians 3:13-1450 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,
1 John 1:945 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Joshua 1:942 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Philippians 1:642 votes
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Job 17:941 votes
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Romans 12:1-241 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Philippians 4:840 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
What does the Bible say about looking back?
Readers most often cite Luke 9:62 on the subject of looking back. Across 3,808 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 3:13, Genesis 19:26, Isaiah 43:18-19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.