From Nave’s Topical Bible
Forgetting God
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 36Passages listed
- 12Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- A characteristic of the wickedProverbs 2:17Isaiah 65:11
- Backsliders guilty ofJeremiah 2:32Jeremiah 3:21
- Is forgetting his covenantDeuteronomy 4:232 Kings 17:38
- WorksPsalms 78:7Psalms 78:11Psalms 106:13
- BenefitsPsalms 103:2Psalms 106:7
- WordHebrews 12:5James 1:25
- LawPsalms 119:153Psalms 119:176Hosea 4:6
- The people of GodPsalms 137:5
- Past deliverancesJudges 8:34Psalms 78:42
- Power to deliverIsaiah 51:13–15
- Encouraged by false teachersJeremiah 23:27
- Prosperity leads toDeuteronomy 8:12–14Hosea 13:6
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- Trials should not lead toPsalms 44:17–20
- Resolve againstPsalms 119:16Psalms 119:93
- Cautions againstDeuteronomy 6:12Deuteronomy 8:11
- Exhortation to those guilty ofPsalms 50:22
- Punishment ofJob 8:12Job 8:13Psalms 9:17Isaiah 17:10Isaiah 17:11Ezekiel 23:35Hosea 8:14
- ThreatenedJob 8:13Psalms 9:17Psalms 50:22Isaiah 17:10Jeremiah 2:32Hosea 8:14
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- See Forsaking God
The passages, in Bible order (36)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Deuteronomy 4:23
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:231 voice
Take heed unto yourselves,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 6:12
be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:121 voice
Observe then these defects, O thou that lovest spiritual excellence, and excuse thyself from this wickedness, that thou mayest not forget God and thine own self thereby, and thy discernment be darkened against all that is seemly; and with these remember also that which was …
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 10 -- On Gluttony, 523Patristic
- Deuteronomy 8:11
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:111 voice
Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God,.... The Father of mercies and fountain of goodness, the author and donor of every good and perfect gift. Plenty is apt to induce a forgetfulness of God, when on the contrary one would think it should keep him in continual remembrance, and engage to daily thankfulness to him: in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day; gave a repetition of, and in the name of God afresh enjoined them, even laws moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which, when not observed, God is forgotten.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 8:12–14
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:12–141 voice
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full,.... Not only once and again, but continually, day after day, being indulged with great plenty: and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; who for forty years had only dwelt in tents, moving from place to place in the wilderness.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 8:34
The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
Commentary on Judges 8:341 voice
And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God,.... Or, as the Targum, the worship of the Lord their God; they forgot him, and forsook him, which showed base ingratitude: who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies on every side; not only out of the hands of Midian, but all other nations round about them, as Edom, Moab, Ammon, &c. not one attempting to oppress them.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 17:38
Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
Commentary on 2 Kings 17:381 voice
And the covenant that I have made with you, ye shall not forget,.... The law given at Mount Sinai; the first table of which chiefly concerned the worship of the one true and living God, and forbid the worship of any other, as follows: neither shall ye fear other gods; or make them the object of worship.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 8:12
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
Commentary on Job 8:121 voice
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite's hope shall perish. Now it is well added, Whilst it is yet in his flower, nor plucked with the hand, it withereth before any other herb. 'The rush in his flower' is the hypocrite in esteem. Now the rush springing up with sharp edges is not plucked with the hand, in that the hypocrite, having his feelings sharpened by presumption, disdains to be rebuked for his wickedness.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII, 604Patristic
- Job 8:13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
Commentary on Job 8:131 voice
So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite's hope shall perish. But as we have before said, who he is to whom Bildad likens 'a rush' or 'a flag,' he makes plain at the moment, where he adds, So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite's hope shall perish. For what does the hypocrite hope for from all his deeds, saving the observance of honour, the reputation of applause, to be feared by his betters, to be called a Saint by all men?
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII, 604Patristic
- Psalms 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
Commentary on Psalms 9:171 voice
When, by faith and knowledge, the Lord's people have embraced true life, they surely receive the joy of heaven. The wicked, however, since they do not care about the Lord's life, are rightly deprived of its blessings. For "let the wicked be taken away so that he shall not see the glory of the Lord." In the end they, like everyone else, shall hear the universal proclamation of the promise, "Awake, sleeper, and rise up from the dead." They shall rise and knock on the doors of heaven, saying, "Open to us."
Athanasius of Alexandria· FESTAL LETTERS 7:2, 373Patristic
- Psalms 44:17–20
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Commentary on Psalms 44:17–201 voice
"All these things." Here he shows their perseverance in good. And he proposes their stability in two respects. A man ought to persist in those things that pertain to faith and in good works. And he says that on account of all these things that …
Thomas Aquinas· Exposition on the Psalms of David, 1274Patristic
- Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
Commentary on Psalms 50:221 voice
"Understand these things, you who forget God." Here he exhorts sinners to consideration. And first, to considering the severity of God. Second, he shows what is acceptable to God in sacrifices. First, therefore, he exhorts to understanding. Hence he says, "Understand these things, you who …
Thomas Aquinas· Exposition on the Psalms of David, 1274Patristic
- Psalms 78:7
that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
Commentary on Psalms 78:71 voice
"The sons who shall be born and shall rise up, and shall tell them to their sons." "In place of your fathers, sons have been born to you." We are their sons. They told us, and we have told our sons: we are their sons. "That they might place their hope in God." That they might now no longer believe in idols, but believe in God. "And not forget the works of God." That they might see the order of creation, and from the creation understand the Creator. "And seek out his commandments."
Jerome· Homily 11, on Psalm 77, 420Patristic
- Psalms 78:11
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
Commentary on Psalms 78:112 voices
"They did not keep the covenant of God, and in his law they were unwilling to walk, and they forgot his benefits." They rose up against him who regenerated them in baptism. "And his wonders which he showed them: before their fathers the wonders which he did." See the sense of the Scriptures, how from the sons of Ephraim it comes to past histories; so that it shows that what is written, "I will open my mouth in a parable, I will utter propositions from the beginning," was said parabolically.
Jerome· Homily 11, on Psalm 77, 420Patristic
And forgat his works, and his wonders,.... That is, his wonderful works, the miracles he wrought in their favour, and for their deliverance, afterwards particularly mentioned; these were not only forgotten in the next generation, Jdg 15:10, but in a few years, yea, in a few months, nay, in a few days, when they had been but three days' journey in the wilderness, after their passage through the Red sea, see Exo 15:1, which occasioned the observation of the psalmist, Psa 106:12, that he had showed them; done in their sight, and in the sight of their fathers, as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 78:42
They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
Commentary on Psalms 78:421 voice
They remembered not his hand,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
Commentary on Psalms 103:21 voice
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his rewards. The Lord has bestowed many rewards upon us, he has bestowed great benefits upon us: for he made the heaven, the earth, all the elements for us. The sun itself and the moon and the stars and all the elements run and run back again for our sake. O wretched creatures that we are: the elements serve us, and we do not serve the Lord. It is a great thing, therefore, that God made for our sake all the things we see.
Jerome· Homily 29, on Psalm 102, 420Patristic
- Psalms 106:7
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
Commentary on Psalms 106:71 voice
Our fathers in Egypt did not understand your wonders. They saw, and they did not see: they saw with the eyes of the flesh, and with spiritual eyes they did not see. He did not say, they did not see: but, they did not understand. For just as those men saw the wonders, and did not understand: so also in the Gospel, if anyone indeed sees and hears carnally, but does not understand spiritually, he does not see. Blessed therefore are we who have not seen and yet have believed, more than those who saw and did not believe.
Jerome· Homily 32, on Psalm 105, 420Patristic
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