What Does the Bible Say About Not Living With Regrets?

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

1 John 2:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 1:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

James 5:7-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door. As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Philippians 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 6:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, ...

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Luke 15:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So he told them this parable:

Luke 5:4-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

Mark 14:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Proverbs 24:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

34 Bible Verses about Not Living With Regrets

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 2:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 5:7-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 15:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 5:4-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 14:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Not Living With Regrets

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2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 2:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 5:7-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 15:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 5:4-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 14:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote