Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'forsake' occurs 74 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'forsake' in the standard works and contain 8.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 31:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 27:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 56 74 130
Deut. 7 2 9
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 1 3 4
1 Sam. 1 2 3
1 Kgs. 2 4 6
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 2 0 2
2 Chr. 3 10 13
Ezra 1 2 3
Neh. 2 1 3
Job 1 3 4
Ps. 11 5 16
Prov. 8 3 11
Isa. 5 13 18
Jer. 4 20 24
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 3 4
Dan. 1 0 1
Amos 0 1 1
Jonah 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
NT 2 8 10
BM 7 7 14
DC 9 5 14
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 74 94 168

Ps. 9:10
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Ps. 22:1
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Ps. 27:9
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Ps. 27:10
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Ps. 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Ps. 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Ps. 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Ps. 38:21
Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

Ps. 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Ps. 71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

Ps. 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Ps. 89:30
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Ps. 94:14
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Ps. 119:8
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

Ps. 119:53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Ps. 138:8
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.