27 Bible Verses for the New Year 2020

Read what Scripture tells us about God’s promises and face the new year with hope! Our Lord wants us to seek His will for our lives and live a life full of the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Bible is the greatest gift God has given us to help our daily lives.

1. Even very young men get tired and become weak and strong young men trip and fall. ³¹ But they who wait upon the Lord will get new strength. They will rise up with wings like eagles. They will run and not get tired. They will walk and not become weak.  – Isaiah 40:30-31
2. This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!  – 2 Corinthians 5:17
3. Sing a new song to the Lord. For He has done great things. His right hand and His holy arm have won the fight for Him.  – Psalms 98:1
4. Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.  – Romans 8:18
5. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.  – Ephesians 4:22-24
6. He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.  – Deuteronomy 7:13
7. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  – Jeremiah 29:11
8. There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.  – Proverbs 23:18
9. Love the Lord, all his faithful people!
   The Lord preserves those who are true to him,
   but the proud he pays back in full.
   Be strong and take heart,
   all you who hope in the Lord.  – Psalm 31:23-24
10. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,  1 Peter 1:3
11. Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.  – Lamentations 3:22-23
12. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.  – Romans 5:5
13. I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.  – Ezekiel 11:19
14. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.  – Colossians 3:9-10
15. He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”  Revelation 21: 5
16. But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,
    I wait for God my Savior;
    my God will hear me.  – Micah 7:7
17. “Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
    2 See, darkness covers the earth
    and thick darkness is over the peoples,
    but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.
    3 Nations will come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

    4 “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble and come to you;
    your sons come from afar,
    and your daughters are carried on the hip.
    5 Then you will look and be radiant,
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;
    the wealth on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.  – Isaiah 60:1-5

18. but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
    They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.  – Isaiah 40:31
19. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.  – Matthew 5:14-16
20. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”  – Deuteronomy 31:6
21. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?  – Mathew 6:25
22. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.  – John 14:27-28
23. Give thanks to the God of heaven.
    His love endures forever.  – Psalm 136:26
24. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.  – Psalm 117: 2
25. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.   – Galatians 5:22-23
26. Be still before the Lord
    and wait patiently for him;
    do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.  – Psalm 37:7
27. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.  – Ecclesiastes 3:11