New Year Bible Verses
Bible Verses for the 2021 New Year
Scripture is loaded with amazing guidance about how to transform your life with a fresh start. In particular, the New Testament has a wealth of Bible verses about a new beginning, through Jesus’ suffering on the cross that redeemed humanity from sin — and unlocked the door for our salvation and reconciliation with God.
Ephesians 4:22-24 informs us that receiving Christ enables us to throw away our “former way of life” and to leave behind our “old self.” This includes the negative attitudes and “deceitful desires” that sometimes creep into the human conscience. Believing in Jesus and starting on a quest to live like Him helps to edify each individual into a better person.
Scriptures for Growth in 2021
Discover a collection of New Year Bible verses for renewal and growth in the coming year of 2021 and beyond. We have gathered the best scripture quotes about new beginnings, hope, faith, vision, fasting, and more for inspiration in the year to come. In addition to verses, use these powerful New Year Prayers in supplication of strength and hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV
22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ezekiel 11:18-20 NIV
18 "They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. 19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:26 NIV
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
18 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Colossians 3:9-10 NIV
9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Romans 8:31 NIV
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Malachi 4:2 NIV
2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
Lamentations 3:22-24 NIV
22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
1 Peter 1:3 NIV
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Isaiah 40:31 NIV
31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Revelation 21:5 NIV
5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
Luke 7:47 NIV
47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little."
Acts 3:19 NIV
19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
John 1:12 NIV
12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-
Matthew 7:7 NIV
7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Isaiah 65:17 NIV
17 "See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Philippians 3:13-14 NIV
13 Brothers and sisters, 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, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 40:3 NIV
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lordand put their trust in him.
John 3:16-17 NIV
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
1 John 1:9 NIV
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Hebrews 4:16 NIV
16 Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.