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New Year Bible Verses

Draw a random verse about fresh starts, God's timing and the year ahead, with a short note on where each one comes from.

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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Genesis 1:14 KJV

What the Bible Says About a New Year

The Bible does not describe January 1 as a holy day. The biblical calendar counts its religious year from the spring month of Nisan, because God tells Moses in Exodus 12 that Passover month is to be the first of months. Even so, the themes that people reach for at the turn of a year run all through the text: time and seasons, fresh starts, plans, and the hope that tomorrow can be better than yesterday. Ecclesiastes says there is a season for everything, and Psalm 90, traditionally attributed to Moses, asks God to teach us to number our days.

Many of these passages were written for people at a turning point. Joshua stood at the edge of the promised land, the exiles in Isaiah and Jeremiah were told that God was doing something new, and Paul wrote that anyone in Christ is a new creation. They were not written as resolutions, yet they speak to anyone looking ahead with a mixture of hope and nerves.

Where These Themes Appear

The Psalms offer morning prayers and confessions of trust in God's timing. Proverbs weighs human planning against God's direction, noting that we make plans while the Lord establishes our steps. Lamentations, a book of grief, still pauses to say that mercies are new every morning. In the Gospels Jesus tells his listeners not to be anxious about tomorrow, and the letters add encouragement to keep going: Paul urges believers not to grow weary in doing good, and Hebrews pictures the Christian life as a race run with perseverance.

A few of the verses are best read with some care. Jeremiah 29:11 was written to exiles in Babylon, and the promise is for a people who were told to settle down and wait for decades. Reading it in that setting makes it sturdier, not weaker, because it shows hope that holds up under delay.

Ways to Use These Verses

Draw one verse on January 1 and write it at the top of a journal or planner for the year.
Choose a verse for a family dinner, a watch night service or a toast, and read the note first so you can say where it comes from.
Print a verse on a card or caption it on a photo to send to friends at the start of the year.
Use a verse about renewal or perseverance as a monthly reminder instead of a single resolution.
Pair a verse about planning with a short prayer, offering your goals to God and asking for flexibility when they change.

Whatever you choose, treat the note as a starting point and read the verses around it. A line that sounds like a slogan often has a richer meaning in its own chapter, and the year ahead is usually better served by a passage you understand than by one you only quote.

For a wider mix of passages, try the Bible verse randomizer or the random encouraging Bible verse page, and browse the Bible books to read the whole chapter around any verse you draw.

Verses in This Collection

Genesis 1:14 – And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
On the fourth day God sets sun, moon and stars in the sky to mark seasons, days and years, giving time its rhythm.
Genesis 8:22 – While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
After the flood God promises Noah that seedtime, harvest, cold, heat and day and night will keep their order as long as the earth lasts.
Genesis 12:1-2 – Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
God calls Abram to leave his homeland for an unknown land, promising to make him a great nation and a blessing.
Exodus 12:1-2 – And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Before the exodus God tells Moses and Aaron that this month will begin Israel's calendar, marking a new start for the people.
Exodus 33:14 – And he said, My presence shall go with thee , and I will give thee rest.
Moses fears leading Israel without help, and God answers that his own presence will go along and give them rest.
Leviticus 25:10 – And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
The fiftieth year is declared a jubilee, when land returns to families and people go free.
Numbers 6:24-26 – The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
This blessing for Israel, given to Aaron and his sons to speak over the people, asks for God's protection, grace and peace.
Deuteronomy 11:12 – A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Moses describes the promised land as one God watches over continually, from the beginning of the year to its end.
Deuteronomy 31:6 – Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
As Moses prepares to die, he urges Israel to be strong because God will not leave them or fail them.
Joshua 1:9 – Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Taking over from Moses, Joshua is commanded again to be courageous because God goes with him wherever he goes.
1 Samuel 7:12 – Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Samuel sets up a stone after a victory and names it to record that God has helped Israel up to that point.
1 Chronicles 16:34 – O give thanks unto the LORD ; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
David's psalm of thanks, sung when the ark came to Jerusalem, praises the Lord for goodness and love that lasts.
2 Chronicles 7:14 – If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
At Solomon's temple dedication, God promises to hear and heal the land if his people humble themselves and turn back.
Nehemiah 8:9-10 – And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
On the first day of the seventh month, the people weep at the Law, and leaders redirect them toward joy and feasting.
Psalm 5:3 – My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
David begins the day by laying requests before God and waiting expectantly, a pattern many readers adopt for January mornings.
Psalm 16:8 – I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
David keeps the Lord constantly before him and so refuses to be shaken, even when circumstances around him are uncertain.
Psalm 25:4-5 – Shew me thy ways, O LORD ; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
David asks to be shown God's ways and taught his paths, saying his hope rests in the Lord all day long.
Psalm 27:13-14 – I had fainted , unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD .
After listing his fears, David says he trusts he will see God's goodness in this life and urges himself to wait.
Psalm 31:14-15 – But I trusted in thee, O LORD : I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Under pressure from enemies, David affirms trust in the Lord and says his times, meaning the seasons of his life, are in God's hand.
Psalm 32:8 – I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
In a psalm about forgiveness, God promises to instruct and counsel the one who trusts him, guiding with a watchful eye.
Psalm 37:4-5 – Delight thyself also in the LORD ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD ; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
David urges those troubled by wrongdoers to delight in the Lord and commit their way to him, trusting him to act.
Psalm 40:3 – 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 .
David says God gave him a new song after pulling him from a pit, and that many will see and trust the Lord.
Psalm 65:11 – Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
A harvest psalm praises God for crowning the year with goodness, so that even cart tracks overflow with plenty.
Psalm 71:14-16 – But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof . I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD : I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
An older worshipper promises to keep hoping and praising, and to go on telling of God's righteous acts through the coming days.
Psalm 84:5-7 – Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them . Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
The psalm describes pilgrims who find strength in God and move from strength to strength on the road toward Zion.
Psalm 90:12 – So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Traditionally attributed to Moses, this prayer asks God to teach us to count our days so that we gain a wise heart.
Psalm 90:14 – O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
The same psalm asks God to satisfy his people each morning with steadfast love so they can rejoice through all their days.
Psalm 90:17 – And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
The closing prayer of Psalm 90 asks for God's favor to rest on his people and for their work to be established.
Psalm 103:2-5 – Bless the LORD , O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
David reminds himself not to forget God's benefits, listing forgiveness, healing, redemption and renewal as reasons for blessing him.
Psalm 118:24 – This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
A processional psalm of thanksgiving declares the day to be one the Lord has made and invites worshippers to rejoice in it.
Psalm 119:105 – Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
The longest psalm describes God's word as a lamp for the feet, giving enough light for the next steps rather than the whole road.
Psalm 121:7-8 – The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
A pilgrim song promises that God will guard his people in their leaving and coming, now and into the future.
Psalm 126:5-6 – They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him .
Returning exiles are told that those who sow in tears will reap with joy, a hopeful image for anyone starting hard work.
Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
A father urges his son to trust the Lord fully rather than lean on his own understanding, promising that God will direct his paths.
Proverbs 4:18 – But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The wise person's path is compared to the dawn, whose light grows steadily brighter until the full light of day.
Proverbs 16:3 – Commit thy works unto the LORD , and thy thoughts shall be established.
Wise sayings advise committing whatever one does to the Lord, so that plans may be established by him.
Proverbs 16:9 – A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
A short proverb observes that people plan their course, yet the Lord directs the steps that follow.
Proverbs 19:21 – There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD , that shall stand.
Many plans fill a person's mind, but the proverb says it is the Lord's purpose that finally stands.
Proverbs 27:1 – Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
The writer warns against boasting about tomorrow, since no one knows what a day may bring.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 – To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
The Teacher opens his famous poem by saying that everything has its season, including a time to be born and a time to die.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 – He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
The Teacher says God has made everything beautiful in its time and has put a sense of something beyond the present into human hearts.
Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 – He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
The Teacher says those who wait for perfect conditions never plant or reap, so one should keep working morning and evening.
Isaiah 40:30-31 – Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah tells exiles that even the young grow weary, yet those who wait for the Lord will have renewed strength.
Isaiah 41:10 – Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
God speaks to Israel as his chosen servant, telling them not to be afraid because he will strengthen and uphold them.
Isaiah 42:9 – Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
God declares that former things have happened and that he now announces new things before they begin to appear.
Isaiah 43:18-19 – Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 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.
God tells exiles not to dwell on the past because he is about to do something new, making a way in the wilderness.
Isaiah 43:2 – When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
God promises Israel that he will be with them through water and fire, so the trials will not finally overwhelm them.
Isaiah 55:12 – For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
A prophecy of return from exile pictures the people going out in joy, with mountains and trees joining in the celebration.
Isaiah 58:11 – And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
God promises that those who care for the hungry and afflicted will be guided continually and be like a watered garden.
Isaiah 61:1-2 – The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD , and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
The prophet announces good news for the poor and the Lord's year of favor, words Jesus later read in Nazareth.
Isaiah 65:17 – For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
God promises to create new heavens and a new earth, so that former troubles will no longer be remembered.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 – Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD , and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
The prophet contrasts the trusting person with a tree planted by water, which does not fear heat or drought.
Jeremiah 29:11 – 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.
Written in a letter to exiles in Babylon, this verse says God has plans for their welfare and a future with hope.
Jeremiah 31:3 – The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying , Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
God says to Israel that he has loved them with an everlasting love and so continues to show them faithfulness.
Jeremiah 31:13 – Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
God promises to turn mourning into dancing among his people, with comfort and gladness replacing sorrow.
Lamentations 3:22-23 – It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
In the midst of a grief-filled book, the poet recalls that God's mercies do not end and are new every morning.
Ezekiel 36:26 – 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.
God promises exiled Israel a new heart and a new spirit, replacing a heart of stone with one of flesh.
Daniel 2:21 – And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
Daniel praises God for changing times and seasons and for giving wisdom to the wise, after the king's dream and its meaning were revealed to him.
Joel 2:25 – And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Following a devastating locust plague, God promises to restore the years that the swarm has eaten.
Micah 6:8 – He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
The prophet answers the question of what God requires by naming justice, kindness and a humble walk with God.
Habakkuk 2:3 – For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
God tells the prophet to write down a vision that waits for its appointed time, and to wait for it even if it seems slow.
Habakkuk 3:17-18 – Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD , I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk chooses to rejoice in God even if crops and flocks fail, showing hope that does not depend on results.
Zephaniah 3:17 – The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
The prophet says God is among his people as a mighty one who saves, rejoicing over them with singing.
Zechariah 4:6 – Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zerubbabel is told that the temple work will succeed not through might or power but through God's Spirit.
Matthew 6:33 – But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells listeners to seek God's kingdom first, and that other needs will then be provided.
Matthew 6:34 – Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Jesus says not to be anxious about tomorrow because each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 9:17 – Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Jesus says new wine must go into fresh wineskins, teaching that his new work cannot be contained in old forms.
Matthew 11:28-30 – Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Jesus invites the weary and burdened to come to him for rest, offering a yoke that is gentle and light.
Matthew 28:20 – Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Jesus ends the Gospel by promising his disciples he will be with them always, to the end of the age.
Luke 5:4-6 – Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Jesus tells Simon to cast his nets into deep water after a fruitless night, and the catch is so large the nets begin to break.
Luke 12:35-37 – Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Jesus tells his followers to be dressed and ready like servants waiting for their master, since he honors watchful servants.
Luke 13:6-9 – He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : And if it bear fruit, well : and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Jesus tells of a gardener who asks for one more year to tend a fig tree, illustrating patience and a second chance.
John 1:16 – And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
John writes that from Christ's fullness all believers have received grace upon grace.
John 10:10 – The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Jesus contrasts a thief, who comes to steal and destroy, with his own purpose of giving life in abundance.
John 14:27 – Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Before his arrest Jesus leaves his disciples a peace unlike what the world gives, telling them not to be troubled.
John 15:5 – I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Jesus compares himself to a vine and his followers to branches, saying that fruitfulness depends on staying connected to him.
John 15:16 – Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Jesus tells his disciples that he chose them and appointed them to bear fruit that will last.
Acts 17:26-27 – And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
Paul tells Athenians that God appointed the times and places of nations so that people might seek him and find him.
Romans 8:28 – And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Paul assures believers that God works in all things for the good of those who love him and are called.
Romans 12:2 – 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.
Paul urges Christians to be transformed by renewing their minds rather than conforming to the surrounding age.
Romans 15:13 – Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Paul prays that the God of hope will fill believers with joy and peace so that they overflow with hope.
1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
After describing the resurrection, Paul encourages believers to stand firm and give themselves fully to the Lord's work.
2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Paul says that anyone in Christ is a new creation, so the old has gone and the new has come.
2 Corinthians 4:16 – For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Paul admits his body is wearing down, yet says that inwardly he is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 6:2 – (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Paul quotes Isaiah to say that now is the time of God's favor and the day of salvation.
Galatians 6:9 – And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Paul encourages the Galatians not to grow weary in doing good, because at the proper time they will reap a harvest.
Ephesians 3:20 – Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Paul closes a prayer by praising God who can do far more than all we ask or imagine.
Ephesians 4:22-24 – That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Paul tells believers to put off their old self and be renewed in the spirit of their minds, wearing the new self.
Ephesians 5:15-16 – See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Paul urges careful living, as wise people making the most of every opportunity in difficult times.
Philippians 1:6 – 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:
Paul expresses confidence that God, who began a good work among the Philippians, will carry it on to completion.
Philippians 3:13-14 – 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, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Paul says he forgets what is behind and strains toward what is ahead, pressing on toward the prize of God's heavenly call.
Philippians 4:6-7 – Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Paul tells the Philippians to bring every worry to God in prayer with thanksgiving, promising a peace that guards their hearts.
Philippians 4:13 – I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
From prison, Paul says he has learned contentment in every circumstance and can do all things through Christ who strengthens him.
Hebrews 10:23-24 – Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
The writer urges believers to hold firmly to their hope, and to spur one another toward love and good deeds.
Hebrews 12:1-2 – Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us , and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
After a list of faithful people, the writer calls readers to run with perseverance, fixing their eyes on Jesus.
Hebrews 13:8 – Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
A short statement that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever offers stability amid changing circumstances.
James 4:13-15 – Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
James cautions people who plan business ventures a year ahead without acknowledging that life is brief and God's will matters.
1 Peter 1:3 – 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,
Peter praises God for giving believers new birth into a living hope through Jesus' resurrection.
2 Peter 3:13 – Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Peter looks forward to new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.
Revelation 21:5 – 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.
The one seated on the throne announces that he is making everything new, and tells John to write because the words are trustworthy.

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