Everything feels broken. The relationship that used to bring joy now brings pain. The dream that motivated you for years has died. The body that used to work properly is failing. The mind that used to be sharp is foggy. The faith that used to feel vibrant has grown stale. You look at your life and see wreckage: wasted years, damaged relationships, missed opportunities, consequences of bad choices you can’t undo. The brokenness feels permanent, and you wonder if anything can ever truly be restored or if you’re just stuck managing the ruins.
But God specializes in making things new. Not repairing what’s broken but creating something entirely fresh. He doesn’t just fix damaged goods; He makes new creations where the old has completely passed away. Throughout Scripture, God takes what looks irredeemable and transforms it into something beautiful. Barren wombs become fruitful. Deserts become gardens. Mourning becomes dancing. Death becomes resurrection. The God who spoke creation into existence can speak new life into whatever feels dead in your world.
These verses reveal that God’s ability to make things new isn’t limited by how broken they currently are, how long they’ve been that way, or what caused the brokenness in the first place. His specialty is resurrection and renewal.
Bible Verses About God Making All Things New
1. Revelation 21:5 – I Am Making Everything New
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.”
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2. 2 Corinthians 5:17 – The New Creation Has Come
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
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3. Isaiah 43:18-19 – I Am Making a Way in the Wilderness
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
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4. Ezekiel 36:26 – I Will Give You a New Heart
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
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5. Lamentations 3:22-23 – They Are New Every Morning
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.
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6. Psalm 51:10 – Create in Me a Pure Heart
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
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7. Isaiah 65:17 – I Will Create New Heavens and a New Earth
See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
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8. Revelation 21:1 – I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth
Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
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9. 2 Peter 3:13 – We Are Looking Forward to a New Heaven and a New Earth
But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
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10. Ephesians 4:24 – Put On the New Self
And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
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11. Colossians 3:10 – Put On the New Self
And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
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12. Jeremiah 31:31 – I Will Make a New Covenant
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.”
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13. John 13:34 – A New Command I Give You
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
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14. Isaiah 42:9 – New Things I Declare
See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.
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15. Psalm 40:3 – He Put a New Song in My Mouth
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.
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16. Isaiah 62:2 – You Will Be Called by a New Name
The nations will see your vindication, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
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17. Hebrews 8:8 – I Will Make a New Covenant
But God found fault with the people and said: “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.”
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18. Ezekiel 11:19 – I Will Give Them an Undivided Heart
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.
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19. Acts 17:19 – You Are Bringing Some Strange Ideas to Our Ears
Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?”
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20. Psalm 96:1 – Sing to the Lord a New Song
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
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21. Isaiah 48:6 – From Now On I Will Tell You of New Things
You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.
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22. Joel 2:25 – I Will Repay You for the Years
I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm—my great army that I sent among you.
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23. Romans 6:4 – We Too May Live a New Life
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
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24. 2 Corinthians 4:16 – Inwardly We Are Being Renewed Day by Day
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
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25. Titus 3:5 – Renewal by the Holy Spirit
He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
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26. Isaiah 61:3 – A Crown of Beauty Instead of Ashes
And provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
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27. Revelation 3:12 – I Will Write on Them My New Name
The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
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28. Luke 5:36-38 – New Wine Must Be Poured Into New Wineskins
He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.”
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29. Ephesians 2:15 – To Create in Himself One New Humanity
By setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace.
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30. Hebrews 10:20 – By a New and Living Way
By a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body.
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31. Isaiah 66:22 – The New Heavens and the New Earth That I Make
As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me, declares the Lord, so will your name and descendants endure.
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32. Romans 12:2 – Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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33. Revelation 21:4 – He Will Wipe Every Tear From Their Eyes
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
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34. Isaiah 35:1-2 – The Desert Will Rejoice and Blossom
The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.
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35. 1 John 2:8 – The Darkness Is Passing and the True Light Is Already Shining
Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
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Our Thoughts On What the Bible Says About God Making All Things New
God’s promise to make all things new has both present and future fulfillment. Right now, if you’re in Christ, you’re already a new creation. The old has passed away; the new has come. But you still live in a fallen world with a body that ages and circumstances that break. The complete fulfillment waits for new heavens and a new earth where there’s no more death, mourning, crying, or pain. Until then, you experience partial renewal with the promise of complete restoration coming.
The pattern throughout Scripture is that God makes new things from dead things. Barren Sarah becomes the mother of nations. Dry bones become a living army. A crucified Savior becomes resurrected Lord. God doesn’t just repair what’s broken; He brings life from death, beauty from ashes, joy from mourning. What looks irredeemable to you is prime material for God’s specialty. The more hopeless it appears, the more glory He gets when He makes it new.
Making things new is God’s active work, not just a future promise. He’s doing a new thing right now, making ways in wilderness places and streams in wastelands. His mercies are new every morning, which means fresh grace is available daily for whatever you’re facing. You’re being renewed day by day, even when outwardly you’re wasting away. God isn’t waiting until heaven to start making things new; He’s doing it now in ways you may not yet perceive.
Say This Prayer
Heavenly Father, everything in my life feels broken and beyond repair. I look at the wreckage and can’t imagine how anything new could come from this. But You specialize in making things new, in bringing life from death, in creating beauty from ashes. I desperately need You to do that miracle-working power in my life.
Make me a new creation where the old has passed away and the new has come. Give me a new heart and a new spirit. Remove my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh. Create in me a pure heart and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do a new thing in my circumstances. Make ways in the wilderness places of my life and streams in the wasteland. Restore what the locusts have eaten. Replace mourning with dancing, ashes with beauty, and despair with praise. Put a new song in my mouth.
Renew me daily by Your Spirit. Transform me by the renewing of my mind. Help me to perceive the new thing You’re doing, even when I can’t see the full picture yet. Give me faith to believe that You who make all things new can make something beautiful from my broken pieces.
In Jesus’ renewing Name, Amen.