Bible Verses About Regret
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for regret, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,558 votes, led by Philippians 3:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Regret
Philippians 3:13586 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 7:10524 votes
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
1 John 1:9444 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Philippians 3:13-15366 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,
Isaiah 43:18-19352 votes
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Mark 11:24265 votes
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Isaiah 43:1-28183 votes
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Romans 8:28177 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Joel 2:25165 votes
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.
Ecclesiastes 7:10160 votes
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
1 Peter 5:8157 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
2 Timothy 4:7147 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Ecclesiastes 3:1115 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
1 Peter 5:10-11107 votes
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1 Samuel 15:1192 votes
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.
Psalms 23:1-691 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 Peter 2:989 votes
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Genesis 6:686 votes
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Acts 3:1976 votes
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Psalms 30:568 votes
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalms 33:20-2268 votes
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
Luke 15:764 votes
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Hebrews 8:1256 votes
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Romans 5:3-555 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Acts 20:2454 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.
What does the Bible say about regret?
Readers most often cite Philippians 3:13 on the subject of regret. Across 6,558 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 7:10, 1 John 1:9, Philippians 3:13-15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.