Living In The Past

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:

They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.

Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. — read the full passage →

I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us. — read the full passage →

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. — read the full passage →

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer. — read the full passage →

Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenthdayof the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

The word of Jehovah also came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And Job again took up his parable, and said, — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be: — read the full passage →

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds. — read the full passage →

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, — read the full passage →

Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it. — read the full passage →

Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation. — read the full passage →

And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? — read the full passage →

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’housesof the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion. — read the full passage →

And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all. — read the full passage →

Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking you a king. — read the full passage →

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings; — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them. — read the full passage →

So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever. — read the full passage →

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. — read the full passage →

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. — read the full passage →

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? — read the full passage →

Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. — read the full passage →

Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: — read the full passage →

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. — read the full passage →

When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. — read the full passage →

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. — read the full passage →

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity. — read the full passage →

For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. — read the full passage →

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame; — read the full passage →

But thus saith Jehovah, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: — read the full passage →

O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. — read the full passage →

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them; — read the full passage →

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God. — read the full passage →

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. — read the full passage →

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling. — read the full passage →

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jehovah. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation. — read the full passage →

I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me. — read the full passage →

Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, — read the full passage →

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, — read the full passage →

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words. — read the full passage →

But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town. — read the full passage →

For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute. — read the full passage →

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out — read the full passage →

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: — read the full passage →

for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day. — read the full passage →

saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore; — read the full passage →

Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. — read the full passage →

Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high; — read the full passage →