A new heart and a new spirit verses
Here are some verses related to the theme of "a new heart and a new spirit":
Old Testament
- Ezekiel 36:26-27 - "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. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules."
- Jeremiah 31:31-34 - "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall no longer teach every one his neighbor and every one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
New Testament
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 - "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."
- Galatians 6:15 - "For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation."
- Ephesians 4:23-24 - "And be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."
- Colossians 3:10 - "And put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator."
Psalm
- Psalm 51:10-12 - "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you."
These verses speak of God's desire to give us a new heart and a new spirit, free from the old ways of sin and rebellion. They promise a fresh start, a new creation, and a renewed relationship with God.