What does the Bible say about looking back?

15 verses about looking back, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

12 booksMost in Luke

Bible verses about looking back

Luke 9:62 — And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 10 votes
Philippians 3:13 — 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, 9 votes
Genesis 19:26 — But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 7 votes
Isaiah 43:18 — Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 6 votes
Luke 9:59 — And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 7:10 — Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. 3 votes
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. 3 votes
James 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 3 votes
2 Peter 2:21 — For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 3 votes
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. 2 votes
Luke 17:32 — Remember Lot’s wife. 2 votes
John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 votes
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. 2 votes
Philippians 3:14 — I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 2 votes
1 Timothy 4:12 — Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Luke (3), Philippians (2), Genesis (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), John (1), Romans (1), 2 Corinthians (1), 1 Timothy (1), James (1), 2 Peter (1)

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