Bible Verses About New Beginnings

28 verses in the King James Version (KJV) and the Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

A new year, a new city, a recovery, a second chance: fresh starts come in many shapes. The Bible is full of them, from mercies that are new every morning to the promise that anyone can become a new creation. These verses encourage you to let go of what's behind and to watch for what God is doing next. They are especially fitting for January, graduations, and moving days, or any morning you need permission to begin again.

2 Corinthians 5:17

KJV

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
BSB

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
Isaiah 43:18

KJV

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
BSB

“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
Isaiah 43:19

KJV

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
BSB

Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Lamentations 3:22

KJV

It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
BSB

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
Lamentations 3:23

KJV

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
BSB

They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Philippians 3:13

KJV

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
BSB

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Philippians 3:14

KJV

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
BSB

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
Ezekiel 36:26

KJV

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
BSB

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Revelation 21:5

KJV

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
BSB

And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
Romans 6:4

KJV

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
BSB

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
Romans 12:2

KJV

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
BSB

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Ephesians 4:22

KJV

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
BSB

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Ephesians 4:23

KJV

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
BSB

to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
Ephesians 4:24

KJV

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
BSB

and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Colossians 3:10

KJV

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
BSB

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Psalm 51:10

KJV

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
BSB

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 40:3

KJV

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
BSB

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
Isaiah 42:9

KJV

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
BSB

Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
Isaiah 65:17

KJV

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
BSB

For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Jeremiah 29:11

KJV

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
BSB

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
John 3:3

KJV

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
BSB

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Titus 3:5

KJV

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
BSB

He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
1 Peter 1:3

KJV

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Galatians 2:20

KJV

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
BSB

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Ecclesiastes 3:1

KJV

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
BSB

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Philippians 1:6

KJV

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
BSB

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Psalm 30:5

KJV

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
BSB

For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Isaiah 1:18

KJV

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
BSB

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

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