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17 Bible Verses About Forgetting

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    Forgetting allows you to release past burdens, creating space for growth and renewal. The Bible teaches that letting go of old grievances opens your heart to peace and forgiveness. By moving forward without the weight of yesterday, you find clarity and purpose in today. Embrace the freedom that comes with forgetting, and you’ll discover a path to deeper wisdom and strength.

    Below is our full list of bible verses on forgetting (King James Version – KJV) provided in ranked order.

    Most Popular Bible Verses About Forgetting

    Philippians 3:13-14

    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,14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

    Related Themes: Hope New Beginnings Regret Business Setting Goals

    Jeremiah 2:32

    32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.”

    Related Themes: Jewelry

    James 1:22-25

    22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”

    Related Themes: Fidelity Laziness Reaping Deception Obedience

    Hebrews 8:12

    12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”

    Related Themes: Respecting Your Parents Forgiveness Bitterness

    2 Corinthians 5:17

    17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

    Related Themes: New Beginnings New Life Criticism Creativity Earth

    Isaiah 43:25

    25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.”

    Related Themes: Respecting Your Parents Forgiveness Condemnation

    1 John 1:9

    9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

    Related Themes: Repentance Forgiveness Bitterness Lust Attitude

    Jeremiah 31:34

    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.”

    Related Themes: Forgiveness Trespassing

    Romans 8:1

    1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

    Related Themes: Lust Criticism Frustration Trespassing Frustration

    Philippians 3:13

    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,”

    Related Themes: Hope New Beginnings Regret Business Setting Goals

    Isaiah 43:18-19

    18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

    Related Themes: New Beginnings Letting Go New Life Regret Second Chances

    Hebrews 10:17

    17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.”

    Related Themes: Forgiveness

    Isaiah 43:18

    18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.”

    Related Themes: New Beginnings Letting Go New Life Regret Second Chances

    Colossians 3:13

    13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”

    Related Themes: Trespassing Bitterness Forgiveness Criticism Resolving Conflict

    Romans 8:28

    28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

    Related Themes: Suffering Frustration Sovereignty Complaining Life

    Galatians 2:20

    20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

    Related Themes: Greatness Life Love Reaping Faith

    Romans 12:1-2

    1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

    Related Themes: Lust Holiness Lust Dating

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