15 Bible Verses About Moving Forward

The 15 most-voted scriptures about Moving Forward, from 11 books (Proverbs, Isaiah, John and 8 more), ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Isaiah 43:18

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

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

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

2 Corinthians 5:17

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

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

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

Exodus 14:15–16

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15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. 16And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

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15And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

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15The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward. 16Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.

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Deuteronomy 1:6

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The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

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The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

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“The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, ‘You have lived long enough at this mountain.

Job 17:9

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Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

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The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

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Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

Psalm 32:8

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I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

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I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

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

Proverbs 3:5–6

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5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

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5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 4:25

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Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

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Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

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Isaiah 43:18–19

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18“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. 19Behold, 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.

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18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19Behold, 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.

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18“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. 19Behold, 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.

Jeremiah 29:11

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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.

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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.

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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.

John 5:8

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Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

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Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

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Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Philippians 3:12–14

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12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, 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, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

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12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13Brethren, 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, 14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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12Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus. 13Brothers, 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, 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

1 John 1:9

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

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

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

1 John 5:14

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And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

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And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

15 verses, from 11 books:

  • Exodus (1)
  • Deuteronomy (1)
  • Job (1)
  • Psalm (1)
  • Proverbs (2)
  • Isaiah (2)
  • Jeremiah (1)
  • John (2)
  • 2 Corinthians (1)
  • Philippians (1)
  • 1 John (2)