Bible Verses About Putting the Past Behind
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for putting the past behind, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,935 votes, led by Philippians 3:13-14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Putting the Past Behind
Philippians 3:13-14249 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,
2 Corinthians 5:17160 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 9:62120 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.
Isaiah 43:18-19108 votes
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Philippians 3:13107 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 1:981 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Galatians 2:2076 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.
2 Corinthians 5:17-1875 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Psalms 37:1-4068 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Colossians 3:254 votes
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Ephesians 4:22-2449 votes
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
1 John 2:1546 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.
Philippians 3:1442 votes
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
John 21:15-2533 votes
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
Romans 8:133 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Hebrews 8:1231 votes
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Hebrews 13:830 votes
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Philippians 3:827 votes
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Ecclesiastes 7:1026 votes
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Romans 6:1-626 votes
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 Corinthians 7:1025 votes
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Psalms 27:1023 votes
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Isaiah 24:1-2323 votes
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Lamentations 3:2322 votes
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Revelation 21:1-422 votes
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
What does the Bible say about putting the past behind?
Readers most often cite Philippians 3:13-14 on the subject of putting the past behind. Across 1,935 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 5:17, Luke 9:62, 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.