23 Bible Verses About Remembering

  • God remembers as well as his people: he remembers his covenant at the rainbow (Genesis 9:15-16) and when Israel cries out in Egypt (Exodus 2:24).
  • The Sabbath commandment rests on remembering slavery in Egypt in Deuteronomy 5:15 and on creation in Exodus 20:11.
  • Lamentations 3:19-21 moves from a memory that bows the soul down to one that gives hope: the steadfast love of the Lord.
  • Jeremiah 31:34 promises that God will remember sin no more, and Hebrews quotes it twice (Hebrews 8:12; 10:17).
  • Jesus’ words “Do this in remembrance of me” use anamnesis, and Luke sets them at a Passover meal, itself a “memorial day” (Exodus 12:14).

In the Bible, remembering runs in two directions: God remembers his covenant with his people, and his people are told to remember what he has done. He remembers it at the rainbow (Genesis 9:15-16) and in Egypt (Exodus 2:24), and Israel is told to remember the wilderness years (Deuteronomy 8:2). Jesus asks to be remembered at the Last Supper (Luke 22:19), and God promises that he “will remember their sin no more” (Jeremiah 31:34). In Genesis 9:15-16, Exodus 2:24, Deuteronomy…

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