Lamentations 3:22
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
God’s mercies are new every morning.
New Year Bible Verses for a Fresh Start
About this topic
Looking for Bible verses for the New Year? These passages focus on fresh starts, wisdom for planning, and hope when you feel stuck. Whether your year has been painful or joyful, Scripture can help you step forward with courage and grace.
The Verses
Lamentations 3:23
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
God’s mercies are new every morning.
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.
In Christ, you are made new.
Isaiah 43:19
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.
God is doing a new thing—look for it.
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,
Press forward, leaving what’s behind.
Philippians 3:14
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Press forward, leaving what’s behind.
Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
We plan; God directs our steps.
James 4:13
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Plan with humility: “If the Lord wills.”
James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Plan with humility: “If the Lord wills.”
James 4:15
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Plan with humility: “If the Lord wills.”
Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Teach us to number our days with wisdom.
Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Hope and peace through believing.
Colossians 3:23
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Work wholeheartedly, as for the Lord.
Psalms 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Commit your way; God sustains you.
Restorative & Mental Health Perspective
A fresh start doesn’t require perfection. Choose one or two habits you can keep, build in accountability, and measure progress by consistency—not intensity. If you’re carrying shame, focus on grace: change is often slow, and setbacks are part of growth.
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