What does the Bible say about forgetting?

12 verses about forgetting, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about forgetting

1. Philippians 3:13 — Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 7 votes
2. Jeremiah 2:32 — Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 4 votes
3. 2 Corinthians 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 3 votes
4. Hebrews 8:12 — For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 3 votes
5. James 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 3 votes
6. Isaiah 43:18 — Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 2 votes
7. Isaiah 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 2 votes
8. Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 2 votes
9. Romans 8:1 — There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 votes
10. 1 Timothy 4:7 — But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 2 votes
11. Hebrews 10:17 — And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 2 votes
12. 1 John 1:9 — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Hebrews (2), Romans (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Philippians (1), 1 Timothy (1), James (1), 1 John (1)

Related topics

• Forget
• Past
• Forgetting The Past
• Living In The Past
• Putting The Past Behind
• Starting Over Again
• Forgiving Yourself
• Self Hatred
• Past Experiences
• East From West
• Regret
• Condemnation

Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.