Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
50 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “remembrance” →
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it .
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Sing unto the LORD , O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Rejoice in the LORD , ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
But thou, O LORD , shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man ? as the fool.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD , have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it .
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say , that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD .
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it , and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD , and that thought upon his name.
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it , and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
And when he had given thanks, he brake it , and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it , in remembrance of me.
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them , and be established in the present truth.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
