19 Bible Verses about New Beginnings
Most Relevant Verses
“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even put a road in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
“This month shall be the beginning of months to you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit (pride).
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of wisdom [its starting point and its essence],
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding and spiritual insight.
In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence];
But arrogant fools despise [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction and self-discipline.
Declaring the end and the result from the beginning,
And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world by [personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition has become worse for them than the first.
In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth.
“The Lord created and possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old [were accomplished].
And,
“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
And the heavens are the works of Your hands;
based on the hope and divine guarantee of eternal life, [the life] which God, who is ever truthful and without deceit, promised before the ages of time began,
Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed in a way that awakens more faith]. As it is written and forever remains written, “The just and upright shall live by faith.”
He replied, “Have you never read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
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