Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'forget' occurs 65 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'forget' in the standard works and contain 12.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 49:15 (3 in 1 verse)

 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.





1 Ne. 21:15 (3 in 1 verse)

 21:15 For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.





Ps. 137:5 (2 in 1 verse)

 137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 52 6 58
NT 2 4 6
BM 9 2 11
DC 2 0 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 65 12 77

Gen. 27:45
Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Gen. 41:51
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

Deut. 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Deut. 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

Deut. 4:31
(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Deut. 6:12
Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deut. 8:11
Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

Deut. 8:14
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Deut. 8:19
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

Deut. 9:7
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord.

Deut. 25:19
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.

1 Sam. 1:11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

2 Kgs. 17:38
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

Job 8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Job 9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Job 11:16
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

Job 39:15
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

Ps. 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Ps. 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Ps. 10:12
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

Ps. 13:1
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Ps. 44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Ps. 45:10
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

Ps. 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Ps. 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Ps. 74:19
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

Ps. 74:23
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Ps. 78:7
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

Ps. 88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Ps. 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Ps. 103:2
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Ps. 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Ps. 119:83
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

Ps. 119:93
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

Ps. 119:109
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

Ps. 119:141
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

Ps. 119:153
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

Ps. 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Ps. 137:5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

Prov. 2:17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Prov. 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Prov. 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Prov. 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Prov. 31:7
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Isa. 49:15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Isa. 51:13
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isa. 54:4
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Isa. 65:11
But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

Jer. 2:32
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jer. 23:27
Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

Jer. 23:39
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

Lam. 5:20
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Amos 8:7
The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Philip. 3:13
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,

Heb. 6:10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Heb. 13:2
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Heb. 13:16
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

James 1:24
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

James 1:25
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.

1 Ne. 18:9
And after we had been driven forth before the wind for the space of many days, behold, my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and also their wives began to make themselves merry, insomuch that they began to dance, and to sing, and to speak with much rudeness, yea, even that they did forget by what power they had been brought thither; yea, they were lifted up unto exceeding rudeness.

1 Ne. 21:15
For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

2 Ne. 8:13
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

Alma 46:8
Thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God, yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one.

Alma 47:36
Now these dissenters, having the same instruction and the same information of the Nephites, yea, having been instructed in the same knowledge of the Lord, nevertheless, it is strange to relate, not long after their dissensions they became more hardened and impenitent, and more wild, wicked and ferocious than the Lamanites-- drinking in with the traditions of the Lamanites; giving way to indolence, and all manner of lasciviousness; yea, entirely forgetting the Lord their God.

Hel. 11:36
And in the eighty and second year they began again to forget the Lord their God. And in the eighty and third year they began to wax strong in iniquity. And in the eighty and fourth year they did not mend their ways.

Hel. 12:2
Yea, and we may see at the very time when he doth prosper his people, yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and their herds, and in gold, and in silver, and in all manner of precious things of every kind and art; sparing their lives, and delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; softening the hearts of their enemies that they should not declare wars against them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the welfare and happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that they do harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and do trample under their feet the Holy One-- yea, and this because of their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity.

3 Ne. 2:1
And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also, and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen--

3 Ne. 22:4
Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

D&C 9:9
But if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong; therefore, you cannot write that which is sacred save it be given you from me.

D&C 133:2
The Lord who shall suddenly come to his temple; the Lord who shall come down upon the world with a curse to judgment; yea, upon all the nations that forget God, and upon all the ungodly among you.