What does the Bible say about regret?

13 verses about regret, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about regret

1. 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, 8 votes
2. 2 Corinthians 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 7 votes
3. 1 John 1:9 — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 6 votes
4. Isaiah 43:18 — Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 5 votes
5. Mark 11:24 — Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 4 votes
6. Isaiah 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 3 votes
7. Ecclesiastes 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 votes
8. 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. 2 votes
9. 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. 2 votes
10. 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. 2 votes
11. 2 Timothy 4:7 — I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2 votes
12. 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 2 votes
13. 1 Peter 5:10 — But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (2), 1 Peter (2), Joel (1), Mark (1), Romans (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Philippians (1), 2 Timothy (1), 1 John (1)

Related topics

• Living In The Past
• Forget
• Forgetting
• Putting The Past Behind
• Learning From Mistakes
• Starting Over Again
• Past
• Letting Go
• Forgetting The Past
• Looking Back
• Restoration
• Death And Birth

Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.