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New Year Bible Verses

A new year feels like a clean page. It is a natural time to look back with gratitude, let go of what went wrong, and make plans for what comes next. The Bible speaks to every part of that. Lamentations reminds us that God’s mercies are new every morning, and Isaiah hears God say, “Behold, I will do a new thing.” Paul writes about forgetting what lies behind and pressing toward the goal. Psalm 65 even praises God for crowning the year with his goodness. These New Year Bible verses also bring wisdom to our resolutions. Proverbs tells us to commit our plans to the LORD, and James reminds us to hold them humbly, because our lives are in God’s hands. Read through them on New Year’s Eve, choose one as your verse for the year, or share one with friends and family as a blessing for the months ahead.

It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.

Lamentations 3:22 WEB

They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:23 WEB

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.

Isaiah 43:18 WEB

Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:19 WEB

You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.

Psalm 65:11 WEB

a land which the LORD your God cares for. The LORD your God’s eyes are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 11:12 WEB

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 WEB

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,

Philippians 3:13 WEB

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14 WEB

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the LORD, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11 WEB

Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.

Proverbs 16:3 WEB

A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

Proverbs 16:9 WEB

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5 WEB

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:6 WEB

So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12 WEB

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.

Psalm 90:17 WEB

This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Psalm 118:24 WEB

Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

Psalm 37:5 WEB

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Psalm 32:8 WEB

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10 WEB

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

Psalm 143:8 WEB

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:1 WEB

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 WEB

but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 WEB

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 41:10 WEB

The LORD himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

Deuteronomy 31:8 WEB

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 1:9 WEB

Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

Joshua 3:5 WEB

‘The LORD bless you, and keep you.

Numbers 6:24 WEB

The LORD make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.

Numbers 6:25 WEB

The LORD lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’

Numbers 6:26 WEB

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

Ezekiel 36:26 WEB

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 12:2 WEB

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 WEB

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

Ephesians 4:22 WEB

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Ephesians 4:23 WEB

and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Ephesians 4:24 WEB

But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33 WEB

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Matthew 6:34 WEB

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”

James 4:13 WEB

Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

James 4:14 WEB

For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

James 4:15 WEB

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Hebrews 12:1 WEB

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Hebrews 13:8 WEB

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:6 WEB

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.

Galatians 6:9 WEB

He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”

Revelation 21:5 WEB

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Frequently asked questions

What is a good Bible verse for the New Year?

Lamentations 3:22–23 says God’s compassions are new every morning, and Isaiah 43:19 says “Behold, I will do a new thing.” Psalm 65:11, “Thou crownest the year with thy goodness,” is a fitting prayer for the year ahead.

Does the Bible talk about the New Year?

January 1 is not in the Bible, but Israel’s calendar marked new beginnings. Exodus 12:2 calls the month of Passover “the beginning of months,” and the feast of trumpets in Leviticus 23:24 is linked with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah.

Should Christians make New Year’s resolutions?

The Bible neither commands nor forbids them. Proverbs 16:3 encourages committing your plans to the LORD, and James 4:13–15 adds a humble “If the Lord will.” Goals made with prayer and humility can be a good way to grow.

What can I pray for the new year?

The priestly blessing in Numbers 6:24–26 is a beautiful New Year prayer: “The LORD bless thee, and keep thee.” Psalm 90:12 asks God to teach us to number our days so we gain a heart of wisdom.

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