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)

 13:11 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

 13:12 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

 13:13 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

 13:14 For, if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

 13:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.




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
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

3 Ne. 13:11
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

3 Ne. 13:14
For, if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

3 Ne. 13:15
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.