52 Bible Verses about The Past
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Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.
who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.
Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy cause , that thou mayest be justified.
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;
For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness'sake, O Jehovah.
men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.
and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;
wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
There is no remembrance of the former generations ; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.
that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
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Topics on The Past
Learning From The Past
Romans 15:4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
Leaving The Past Behind
2 Corinthians 5:17Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.