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 shew thee; thy 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 hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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 of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
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 the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
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 fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it 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 we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Leaving The Past Behind
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
