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

Luke 5:21
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

Luke 5:24
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.

Luke 6:37
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Luke 11:4
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Luke 17:3
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Luke 17:4
And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Luke 23:34
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.