living in the past
What does the Bible say about living in the past? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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18You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity. 19Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
62Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
10Do not be quickly moved to anger. For anger resides in the sinews of the foolish.
17So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.
12The night has passed, and the day draws near. Therefore, let us cast aside the works of darkness, and be clothed with the armor of light.
13Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead, 14I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
2Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
12For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will no longer remember their sins.”
10For the sorrow that is according to God accomplishes a repentance which is steadfast unto salvation. But the sorrow that is of the world accomplishes death.
2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses.
23HETH. I know it at first light; great is your faithfulness.