Bible verses · from RenounceBible verses about new beginnings
A new beginning does not pretend that nothing happened. It starts again from where you are, with God. The Bible is full of second chances. These verses come from the World English Bible. Pray the short prayer at the end.
Short answer
Lamentations 3:22-23 is the verse for starting again each morning.
It is because of the LORD's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies do not fail. They are new every morning. The writer says it in a book of grief after the fall of Jerusalem, which is why it carries weight.
Lamentations 3:22-23
New every morning
Lamentations mourns the fall of Jerusalem. In the middle of the grief the writer stops and says that we are not consumed because of the LORD's loving kindnesses, and that his mercies are new every morning. Mercy that is new each day means yesterday's failure does not use it up. You do not start each day owing a debt from the last.
A new day does not wipe out what happened, but it does mean that God meets you fresh in it. The next line says great is your faithfulness, and it is the reason the writer gives for hope. You can pray it as a morning sentence: your mercies are new today, and so is my beginning.
It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Behold, a new thing
In Isaiah 43 God tells his people in exile not to remember the former things or consider the things of old, because he is doing a new thing, making a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. It does not say the past was unimportant. It says God's present work is bigger than it.
In Revelation 21 the one on the throne says that he is making all things new, and that he will wipe away every tear. It is a promise about the end of the Bible's story, and it shows the direction God is taking everything: toward renewal.
Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:18-19
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.” He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.
Revelation 21:4-5
A new creation, still on the way
Paul says that if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation, the old things have passed away and all things have become new. In Philippians 3:13-14 he says he does not regard himself as having taken hold yet, but one thing he does: forgetting what is behind and stretching forward to what is ahead, he presses on toward the goal.
The same man says that all things are new and that he is not there yet. New beginnings and unfinished work go together. Forgetting here is a choice about which way to face, and not an erasing of memory. A new creation can still have a hard Tuesday.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14
Second chances and a brighter path
Jonah ran from God's command, and Jonah 3:1 begins: the LORD's word came to Jonah the second time. God does not cancel the job. He gives it again, and Jonah gets up and goes. A second chance is a real part of the story.
Proverbs 4:18 says the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day. Psalm 30:11-12 and Isaiah 61:3 speak of mourning turned into dancing, ashes into a garland and heaviness into praise.
The LORD’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.” So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
Jonah 3:1-3
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Proverbs 4:18
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Psalm 30:11-12
to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Isaiah 61:3
- Choose one small act today that belongs to the new life: a prayer, a verse, a walk.
- In Renounce, I need to return records the fall and starts the next clean day right away, without a wall of shame.
A prayer for a fresh start
Lord, I come to you at the beginning of this day. Your mercies are new, and I need them. Take what is behind me and keep me facing what is ahead. Make me new where I am worn, and give me one good step to take. Amen.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Bible say about new beginnings?
God's mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23), he does new things (Isaiah 43:18-19), and anyone in Christ is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Can I really start over after a fall?
Yes. 1 John 1:9 says that if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us, and Jonah 3:1 shows God giving a second chance.
Does a new beginning erase consequences?
Not always. Forgiveness and consequences are different things. The Bible shows both, and God goes with people through the consequences.
What does forgetting what is behind mean?
In Philippians 3:13 Paul sets his face forward. It is about not being held back by the past, not about denying that it happened.
How do I start today?
Pray briefly, pick one small action and tell a friend. If you fell, log it in Renounce with I need to return and begin the next clean day.
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Checked on October 1, 2026.
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