52 Bible Verses about The Past

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

“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,

“Behold, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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

I have considered the days of old,
The years of long ago.

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

‘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.”

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

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

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

Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

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;

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

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

and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

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

“I declared the former things long ago
And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them.
Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

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

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

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?

“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God watched over me;

who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

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

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

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

and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

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.

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

Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil men.

“Even from eternity I am He,
And there is none who can deliver out of My hand;
I act and who can reverse it?”

experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

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

things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

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