Bible verses about "regret" | Thomson

¹ A Psalm by David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall want nothing. ² In a verdant pasture he hath fixed my abode. He hath fed me by gently flowing water ³ and restored my soul. He hath led me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. ⁴ For though I walk amidst the shades of death: I will fear no ills, because thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff have been my comfort. ⁵ Thou hast spread a table before me; in the presence of them who afflict me. With oil thou hast anointed my head; and thine exhilarating cup is the very best. ⁶ Thy mercy will surely follow me all the days of my life; and my dwelling shall be in the house of the Lord to length of days.

¹ Time is for all things: but there is a particular portion of time for every particular affair under heaven;

¹⁰ Say not, How happened it that the former days were better than these? For thou hast not inquired wisely concerning this.

²⁵ [J] I will indeed make you compensation for what hath been devoured by the grasshopper and the locust, the palmer Worm and the mildew; that great army of mine which I sent against you.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world may be saved by him.

⁸ be sober, be watchful: because your adversary the devil is walking about, like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour,

⁷ I have maintained the good combat. I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.

¹ Still however thus saith the Lord, the God who made thee Jacob, and who formed thee, Israel! fear not. Because I have redeemed thee; have called thee by thy name; thou art mine; ² therefore when thou passest through water, I am with thee, and the streams shall not overwhelm thee: and when thou passest through fire, thou shalt not be burned up; the flame shall not quite consume thee. ³ Because I the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel am thy Saviour, I have given Egypt for thy ransom and Ethiopia and Soena in thy stead. ⁴ Because thou hast been precious in my sight; hast been honoured and I loved thee; therefore I will give men for thee and chiefs for thy life. ⁵ Fear not. Because I am with thee, from the east I will bring thy seed, and gather thee together from the west: ⁶ I will say to the north, "Give up" and to the south, "Keep thou not back; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth; ⁷ all that are called by my name." For I have prepared him for my glory, I have fashioned him and made him, ⁸ and have brought out a blind people: for their eyes are as if they were blind; and they are deaf, though they have ears. ⁹ [p] All the nations were assembled together; now let all the archons be assembled: can any among them announce these things? Or can any tell you these things before hand? Let them produce their witnesses and be justified, and let them hear and tell things true. ¹⁰ [J] Be you witnesses for me: and as for me I myself am a witness saith the Lord God; and this servant of mine whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe and understand that with respect to me, The I AM, There is no other God before me; and after me none will exist. ¹¹ I am God and there is no Saviour besides me. ¹² I have announced and saved; I reproached when there was no strange god among you. You are witnesses for me; and I the Lord am still the same God ¹³ from the beginning; and there is none who can rescue out of my hands. I will act; and who can prevent it; ¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord, the God who redeemed you, the Holy One of Israel; For your sakes I will send to Babylon, and rouse up all who are fleeing; and the Chaldeans shall be bound in ships. ¹⁵ I am the Lord God, your Holy One, who pointed out Israel your king. ¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord who made a highway in a sea, and a path in the mighty water; ¹⁷ who brought out chariots and horses and a mighty host, but they lay down to sleep and shall rise no more: they were extinguished like an extinguished taper. ¹⁸ Mention not these former things, nor reason from the things of old. ¹⁹ Behold I am in act to do new things, which shall now spring up and you shall know them; I will make a way in the wilderness, and streams of water in the desert. ²⁰ The wild beasts of the field will bless me; the Seirens and the daughters of the ostrich; because I have given water in the wilderness, and flowing streams in the desert, to give drink to this race of mine which I have chosen; ²¹ my people whom I have preserved to recount my praises. ²² I had not now called upon thee, Jacob, nor caused thee Israel, to weary thyself: ²³ thou hadst not brought me thy sheep of thy whole burnt offering; nor honoured me with thine incense offerings: I had not burdened thee with sacrifices of flour; nor wearied thee with demands of frankincense: ²⁴ nor hadst thou purchased with silver perfumes for me; nor had I desired the suet of thy sacrifices: but thou stoodest before me in thy sins and in thine iniquities. ²⁵ I even I, THE I AM, am he who blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and of thy sins I will no more make mention: ²⁶ but do thou mention them and let us be judged; do thou first state thy transgressions, that thou mayst be acquitted. ²⁷ Your fathers first, then your chiefs transgressed against me. ²⁸ When the chiefs polluted my sanctuary, then I gave up Jacob to be destroyed, and Israel to reproach.

²⁸ And we know that all things are working together for good to them who love God"to them who according to a previous purpose are now actually called.

²⁴ Therefore I say to you, What things soever you ask when you pray, believe that you will receive, and you shall have them.

¹⁸ Mention not these former things, nor reason from the things of old. ¹⁹ Behold I am in act to do new things, which shall now spring up and you shall know them; I will make a way in the wilderness, and streams of water in the desert.

¹³ Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold on it, but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and intent on the things before, ¹⁴ I press forward to the mark, for the prize of the call of God from above by Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let as many of us therefore as are full grown, have our minds bent on this; and if any of you are otherwise minded, when God shall reveal this to you,

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

¹⁰ For godly sorrow operateth to produce a reformation for salvation, never to be repented of; but the sorrow of this world worketh death.

¹³ Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold on it, but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and intent on the things before,