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New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1, 2027

Bible verses for the new year

“Behold, I am about to do something new” (Isaiah 43:19) and “His mercies never fail. They are new every morning” (Lamentations 3:22–23) are the classic new-year verses.

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14 passages

  1. Isaiah 43:18–19

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

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

  2. Lamentations 3:22–23

    Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
    KJV

    It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

  3. 2 Corinthians 5:17

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

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

  4. Philippians 3:13–14

    Brothers, 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, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
    KJV

    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, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

  5. Jeremiah 29:11

    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.
    KJV

    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.

  6. Proverbs 16:3

    Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
    KJV

    Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

  7. Psalm 90:12

    So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
    KJV

    So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

  8. Proverbs 3:5–6

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

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

  9. Ecclesiastes 3:1

    To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
    KJV

    To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

  10. Psalm 65:11

    You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.
    KJV

    Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

  11. Revelation 21:5

    And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
    KJV

    And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

  12. Ephesians 4:22–24

    to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
    KJV

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  13. Romans 12:2

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
    KJV

    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.

  14. Numbers 6:24–26

    ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
    KJV

    The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Tap KJV for the King James Version. Make any short verse into a wallpaper.

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