Bible verses about "regret" | NSB

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. ² He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. ³ He restores me and he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. ⁴ 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. ⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. ⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah forever.

¹⁰ Do not ask: »Why were the old days better then these?« You do not inquire wisely about this.

¹ For everything there is a season. There is a time for every purpose under the sun.

²⁵ »I will make up to you the years that the locust has eaten, my great army that I sent among you.

¹⁶ »For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ »God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world. Instead the world should be saved through him.

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

⁷ I have fought the good fight! I have finished the course! I have kept the faith!

¹ Jehovah created Jacob and formed Israel. Jehovah says: »Do not be afraid for I have reclaimed you. I have called you by my name. You are mine. ² »When you go through the sea, I am with you. When you go through rivers, they will not sweep you away. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not harm you. ³ »I AM JEHOVAH YOUR GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, YOUR SAVIOR. Egypt is the ransom I exchanged for you. Sudan and Seba are the price I paid for you. ⁴ »I honor you because you are precious to me and I love you. I will exchange others for you. Nations will be the price I pay for your life. ⁵ »Do not be afraid for I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east and gather you from the west. ⁶ »‘I will say to the north, ‘Give them up,’ and to the south, ‘do not keep them. Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth. ⁷ »‘Bring everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.’ ⁸ »Bring the people who are blind but still have eyes, the people who are deaf but still have ears. ⁹ »‘All nations have gathered together, and people have assembled. Who among them could have revealed this? Who among them could have foretold this to us? They should bring their witnesses to prove that they were right. Let the people hear them. Then they will say: ‘It is the truth.’« ¹⁰ »YOU ARE MY WITNESSES,« DECLARES JEHOVAH! »I have chosen you as my servant so that you can know and believe in me and understand that I am the one who did this. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me. ¹¹ »I ALONE AM JEHOVAH, AND THERE IS NO SAVIOR BESIDES ME.« ¹² »I have revealed it to you. I have saved you, and I have announced it to you. There was no foreign god among you. You are my witnesses that I am God, declares Jehovah. ¹³ »From the beginning I was the one who did this. No one can rescue people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?« ¹⁴ This is what Jehovah, your redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel, says: »For your sake I will send an army to Babylon. I will bring back all the Babylonian refugees in the ships that they take pride in. ¹⁵ »I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.« ¹⁶ Jehovah makes a path through the sea and a road through the strong currents. ¹⁷ He leads chariots and horses, an army and reinforcements. »They lie down together and do not get up again. They are extinguished and snuffed out like a wick.« This is what Jehovah says: ¹⁸ »Forget what happened in the past, and do not dwell on events from long ago. ¹⁹ »I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Do you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land. ²⁰ »Wild animals, jackals, and ostriches will honor me. I will provide water in the desert. I will make rivers on the dry land for my chosen people to drink. ²¹ »I have formed these people for myself. They will praise me. ²² »Jacob, you have not prayed to me. Israel, you have grown tired of me. ²³ »You did not bring me sheep for your burnt offerings or honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you by requiring grain offerings or trouble you by requiring incense offerings. ²⁴ »You did not buy me any sugar cane with your money or satisfy me with the best part of your sacrifices. Rather, you burdened me with your sins and troubled me with your iniquities. ²⁵ »I alone am the one who is going to wipe away your rebellious actions for my own sake. I will not remember your sins anymore. ²⁶ »Remind me of what happened. Let us argue our case together. State your case so that you can prove you are right. ²⁷ »Your first ancestor sinned, and your priests rebelled against me. ²⁸ »That is why I will corrupt the leaders of the holy place. I will claim Jacob for destruction. I will set up Israel for ridicule.«

²⁸ We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

²⁴ »I tell you, believe that you receive what you pray for and you shall have it.

¹⁸ »Forget what happened in the past, and do not dwell on events from long ago. ¹⁹ »I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Do you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.

¹³ Brothers, I could not yet have obtained it. But one thing I do, I forget the things that are behind, and stretch forward to the things that are ahead. ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let those of us who are mature have this attitude. If you have a different attitude God will show you how to think.

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹⁰ For godly sorrow works repentance leading to salvation. This is a repentance that brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death.

¹³ Brothers, I could not yet have obtained it. But one thing I do, I forget the things that are behind, and stretch forward to the things that are ahead.