Starting a new journey can be exciting, but it can also be intimidating and overwhelming.
Whether you’re starting a new job, moving to a new place, starting a new relationship, or embarking on a new adventure, it can be helpful to turn to the Bible verses about starting a new journey.
The Bible contains verses that speak to the beauty and challenges of new beginnings and remind us of God’s presence and guidance as we step out into the unknown.
Bible Verses About Starting a New Journey
Whether we are embarking on a new career, moving to a new place, or starting a new relationship, there is always a level of uncertainty and fear that comes with change.
But as believers, we can take comfort in that God is always with us, guiding us through every step of our journey.
The Bible contains verses that speak to the beauty and challenges of new beginnings and remind us that God has a plan for our lives.
Ezekiel 36:26 (ESV) – God Will Give Us a Good Spirit
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV) – The Steadfast Love Of God Never cease
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Isaiah 65:17 (ESV) – Your Former Things Will No More Be Remembered
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
Isaiah 43:19 (ESV) – God Will Do a New Thing
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Proverbs 18:10 (ESV) – The Name Of The Lord Is a Strong Tower
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Proverbs 3:5 (ESV) – Trust In The Lord
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Psalm 146:9 (ESV) – The Lord Watches Over His Children
The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Psalm 119:105 (ESV) – The Word Of God Is a Lamp Unto Our Path
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 51:10 (ESV) – Let God Create In You a New Heart
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 40:3 (ESV) – Praise God At All Times
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
Psalm 23:4 (ESV)
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.
Job 8:7 (ESV)
And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.
Ezra 8:21 (ESV)
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
Judges 18:5-6 (ESV)
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.” And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord.”
Exodus 40:36 (ESV)
Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.
Genesis 12:1 (ESV)
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
Bible Verses About New Journey
This section will explore some helpful Bible verses that speak to the beauty and challenges of new beginnings and provide comfort and direction for anyone starting a new chapter.
No matter your journey, we hope these verses will inspire and uplift you and help you find strength and courage as you take the next step forward.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
1 Peter 2:1-25 (ESV)
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. …
Luke 9:23 (ESV)
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Hebrews 11:8-12 (ESV)
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
John 14:2 (ESV)
In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
John 8:56-58 (ESV)
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
John 4:23-24 (ESV)
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Matthew 28:19 (ESV)
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Matthew 17:24-27 (ESV)
When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.
However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
Matthew 16:18 (ESV)
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Isaiah 53:1-12 (ESV)
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. …
Genesis 17:5 (ESV)
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 12:3 (ESV)
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Genesis 12:1 (ESV)
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 1:27 (ESV)
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Acts 3:25 (ESV)
You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’
When God Gives You a New Beginning
There are moments in our lives when we feel stuck, lost, or in a rut. It can be difficult to see a way forward or to imagine a brighter future.
But the good news is that when we turn to God, He can give us a new beginning.
Through His love and grace, God can open doors we thought were closed, lead us on new paths, and help us to discover new opportunities for growth and fulfillment
2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Ephesians 4:22-24 (ESV)
To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Jeremiah 29:11(ESV)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 40:31 (ESV)
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Revelation 11:1-5 (ESV)
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. …
Lamentations 3:22-24 (ESV)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
1 Peter 1:3 (ESV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Romans 8:31(ESV)
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Ezekiel 11:19 (ESV)
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
Isaiah 65:17 (ESV)
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
Revelation 21:5 (ESV)
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
1 John 1:9 (ESV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Colossians 3:9-10 (ESV)
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
Conclusion
Starting a new journey can be daunting, but with faith and trust in God, we can move forward with confidence and hope.
The Bible is full of verses reminding us of God’s love and provision and encouraging us to step out in faith and embrace the future with courage and determination.
Whether starting a new job, moving to a new city, or embarking on a new relationship, these verses offer us the strength, wisdom, and guidance to navigate the journey ahead.
May we always remember that with God by our side, we can overcome any obstacle, face any challenge, and emerge victorious in every new beginning.
