Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'forgive' occurs 96 times in the standard works.

42 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'forgive' in the standard works and contain 43.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 16 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 98:39-45 (7 in 7 verses)

Matt. 6:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 13:11-15 (6 in 5 verses)

D&C 64:7-10 (5 in 4 verses)

Mark 11:25-26 (4 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Ne. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:20 And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did plead with me that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me.

 7:21 And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that they had done, and I did exhort them that they would pray unto the Lord their God for forgiveness. And it came to pass that they did so. And after they had done praying unto the Lord we did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 21 49
NT 28 31 59
BM 17 10 27
1 Ne. 2 1 3
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Enos 0 1 1
Mosiah 6 2 8
Alma 1 3 4
3 Ne. 6 0 6
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 1 0 1
Moro. 0 2 2
DC 23 32 55
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 96 96 192

1 Ne. 7:20
And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did plead with me that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me.

1 Ne. 7:21
And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that they had done, and I did exhort them that they would pray unto the Lord their God for forgiveness. And it came to pass that they did so. And after they had done praying unto the Lord we did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.