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)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 21 49
NT 28 31 59
Matt. 9 6 15
Mark 6 5 11
Luke 8 9 17
Acts 0 4 4
Rom. 0 1 1
2 Cor. 4 0 4
Eph. 0 2 2
Col. 0 2 2
James 0 1 1
1 Jn. 1 1 2
BM 17 10 27
DC 23 32 55
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 96 96 192

Acts 5:31
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

Acts 13:38
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.