Bible Verses AboutNostalgia
Bible verses about Nostalgia
The soul often casts its gaze backward, drawn by the echoes of memory. This longing, this 'nostalgia,' is not mere sentimentality if we approach it through the light of God's Word. Scripture illumines these reflections, showing us how the past can serve as a teacher, a source of gratitude for grace received, and a reminder of the pilgrimage yet to come. Understanding this impulse biblically anchors our memories in truth, guiding us towards spiritual maturity and hopeful anticipation of God's eternal promises, rather than getting lost in temporal shadows.
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath–jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh–dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath–jearim.
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi–shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
To them which were in Beth–el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor–ashan, and to them which were in Athach,
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
Abi–albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:
And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs:
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Reflection
Contemplating Nostalgia
This human inclination to gaze upon times past, which we name nostalgia, reveals more than simple memory. It is a subtle spiritual barometer, indicating whether our hearts are anchored in earthly comforts vanished or in the eternal promises of God. The Scriptures, while bidding us to remember His mighty deeds across the ages, caution against a longing for former states that breeds discontent or prevents forward motion in faith. Let not these echoes of yesterday become chains binding us to what is gone, but rather, when filtered through the lens of divine truth, may they serve as reminders of His enduring faithfulness and the ultimate home towards which we press, a home beyond the reach of earthly time's decay. Let the remembrance of grace past fuel hope for grace present and future.
May these verses about nostalgia bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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