31 Best New Year's Bible Verses to Inspire a Fresh Start in 2025

When New Year's makes its grand entrance, we can't help but feel grateful as we reflect on everything that has happened in the past year! Sure, it's also about ringing in 2025 at those New Year's Eve parties filled with a bunch of fun New Year's traditions—but we do want to take a moment and count the blessings that have stacked up in the in the past 12 months. They make us hopeful for what's to come!

Something that helps us resonate with that feeling is this list of best Bible verses that will certainly stay with us in the new year. After all, God is ever-present as the times goes on. To really welcome 2025, try adding a few of these verses to your New Year prayers and New Year toasts. And for those who are wondering if they'll keep up with their resolutions this year, there are a few Bible verses that will help you keep yourself on track!

2 Chronicles 15:7 reads: "But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded." Because the best way to truly transform your life is by turning to His word in the Bible. Others on this list could even make for a good New Year's Eve Instagram caption or New Year wishes for loved ones. No matter what you use them for, these New Year's Bible verses and scripture will help you faithfully welcome the year ahead.

• Philippians 4:8 “From now on, brothers and sisters, if anything is excellent and if anything is admirable, focus your thoughts on these things: all that is true, all that is holy, all that is just, all that is pure, all that is lovely, and all that is worthy of praise.”
• Hebrews 13:5 “Your way of life should be free from the love of money, and you should be content with what you have. After all, he has said, ‘I will never leave you or abandon you.'”
• Isaiah 43:18-19: "Don’t remember the prior things; don’t ponder ancient history. Look! I’m doing a new thing; now it sprouts up; don’t you recognize it? I’m making a way in the desert, paths in the wilderness."
• Job 8:7: "Although your former state was ordinary, your future will be extraordinary."

• Ecclesiastes 5:5: “It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.”
• 2 Chronicles 15:7: “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
• Proverbs 15:22: “Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.”
• Proverbs 20:25: “It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly only later to reconsider his vows.”

• Psalm 68:19: “Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation.”
• Exodus 18:10: “Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who has rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians.”
• James 1:17: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
• Ephesians 1:3: “All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.”
• Psalm 34:1: “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

• Colossians 3:17: “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
• Psalm 71:23: “My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to you; and my soul, which you have redeemed.”
• Psalm 65:11: “You have crowned the year with Your bounty, And Your paths drip with fatness.”
• Psalm 103:4: “Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies.”
• Psalm 104:33: “I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.”
• Isaiah 38:20: “The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.”

• Lamentations 3:22-23: "Certainly the faithful love of the Lord hasn’t ended; certainly God’s compassion isn’t through! They are renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness."
• 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17: "Rejoice always. Pray continually."
• Deuteronomy 6:12: "Make certain that you do not forget the LORD who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves."
• Psalm 27:1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”
• Psalm 103:2: “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds.”
• 1 Chronicles 16:11-12: “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. 12 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced.”
• Psalm 78:7: “that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.”
• Psalm 40:10: “I have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart; I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power. I have told everyone in the great assembly of your unfailing love and faithfulness.”
• Psalm 89:8: “O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD? You are entirely faithful.”
• Psalm 105:5: “Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.”
• Psalm 36:5: “Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.”

Josiah Soto

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Josiah is the Digital Content Producer for the commerce team at Popular Mechanics, Best Products, Runner’s World, and Bicycling Magazine. He also writes for “BIO Buys”—a column on Biography.com—giving readers the lowdown on what products their favorite celebs are using. In another life, Josiah was an editor at ThePioneerWoman.com, where he sharpened his expertise on all things lifestyle, food-news, and entertainment. Outside work related matters, he’s a fan of Studio Ghibli films, unimportant reality TV drama, and melancholy Lorde songs.