44 Bible Verses about past

“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

I shall remember the deeds of the Lord;
Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.

Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.

For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.

that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints,

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.

men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some.

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

“Then a spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled up.

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was past childbearing.

“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.

Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.

“Harvest is past, summer is ended,
And we are not saved.”

For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;

“Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,

God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,

For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
Or as a watch in the night.

Who does great things, unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.

“Please inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

“Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.

“For you would forget your trouble,
As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.

“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will increase greatly.

“Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.

But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,

There is no remembrance of earlier things;
And also of the later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come later still.

‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares the Lord of hosts.”

In the generations gone by He permitted all the nations to go their own ways;

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

“For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way of no return.

For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands;

“Put Me in remembrance, let us argue our case together;
State your cause, that you may be proved right.

“My days are past, my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.

I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your doings;
I muse on the work of Your hands.