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14 Bible Verses About Forgetting the Past

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  • Isaiah 43:25 and Jeremiah 31:34 promise that God will remember his people’s sins no more, and Hebrews 8:12 and 10:17 quote Jeremiah’s promise as part of the new covenant.
  • Isaiah 43:18, “Forget the former things”, comes directly after verses 16-17 describe the Lord who “made a way through the sea”.
  • Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh because God had made him forget his trouble, yet named his second son for fruitfulness “in the land of my suffering”.
  • Philippians 3:13 does not name “what is behind”; in verses 5-7 Paul lists his life as a Pharisee and his persecution of the church among the gains he now counts as loss.
  • Isaiah 65:17 and Revelation 21:4 place the full passing of the former things in the new heavens and new earth.

The Bible speaks of forgetting the past in two directions: God does not remember the sins he has forgiven, and his people are told to stop dwelling on what lies behind them. God “remembers your sins no more” (Isaiah 43:25) and makes the same promise in the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:34). Isaiah 43:18 says “forget the former things”, Paul describes himself as “forgetting what is behind” (Philippians 3:13), and Joseph names his firstborn for the trouble God made him forget…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 4519, מְנַשֶּׁה (Menashsheh): Manasseh, from the root nashah, to forget; “causing to forget”. biblehub.com/hebrew/4519

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