Isaiah 43:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.”

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BSBPD

““Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Remember not former things, And ancient things consider not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 43:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 7:18But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
  2. Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
  3. 1 Chronicles 16:12Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
  4. Isaiah 46:9Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
  5. Isaiah 65:17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
  6. Jeremiah 16:14Yet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
  7. Jeremiah 23:7So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
  8. 2 Corinthians 3:10Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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