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.
- 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
Then beware lest thou forget the Lord,.... To love, fear, and worship him, and keep his commands; creature enjoyments being apt to get possession of the heart, and the affections of it; Pro 30:9. which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; into a land abounding with all the above good things, and therefore under the highest obligations to remember the Lord and his kindnesses, and to serve and glorify him: Exo 20:2.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 8:12–14
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- 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,
- Job 8:12
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
Commentary on Job 8:122 voices
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 VIIIPatristic
Whilst it is yet in his greenness - We do not know enough of the natural history of this plant to be able to discern the strength of this allusion; but we learn from it that, although this plant be very succulent, and grow to a great size, yet it is short-lived, and speedily withers; and this we may suppose to be in the dry season, or on the retreat of the waters of the Nile. However, Soon Ripe, soon Rotten, is a maxim in horticulture.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Job 8:13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
Commentary on Job 8:132 voices
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 VIIIPatristic
So are the paths of all that forget God - This is clearly a part of the quotation from the sayings of the ancients. The word “paths” here means ways, acts, doings. They who forget God are like the paper-reed. They seem to flourish, but they have nothing that is firm and substantial. As the paper-reed soon dies, as the flag withers away before any other herb, so it will be with the wicked, though apparently prosperous.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Psalms 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
Commentary on Psalms 9:172 voices
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 7:2Patristic
The wicked - All the wicked; all who come properly under the denomination of wicked persons. Doubtless the writer had particularly in his eye the enemies with whom he was contending, and in reference to whom the psalm wits composed; and he meant to say that they would be certainly punished. But what was true in regard to them, was true of all others of similar character, and the statement is therefore made in a universal form - all the wicked. Shall be turned - Shall turn back, or be turned from their present course.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 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 this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee. Here the psalmist urges that Israel had not turned away from her allegiance to Jehovah. When in the midst of many griefs we can still cling to God in loving obedience, it must be well with us. True fidelity can endure rough usage. Those who follow God for what they get, will leave him when persecution is stirred up, but not so the sincere believer; he will not forget his God, even though the worst come to the worst. Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David, Vol. 2, 1870
- 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 50:222 voices
Now or oh! it is a word of entreaty, for the Lord is loath even to let the most ungodly run on to destruction. Consider this; take these truths to heart, ye who trust in ceremonies and ye who live in vice, for both of you sin in that ye forget God. Bethink you how unaccepted you are, and turn unto the Lord. See how you have mocked the eternal, and repent of your iniquities. Lest I tear you in pieces, as the lion rends his prey, and there be none to deliver, no Saviour, no refuge, no hope.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David, Vol. 2, 1870
Consideration is the first step towards conversion. Those that will not consider the warnings of God's word will certainly be torn in pieces by the executions of his wrath. When God comes to tear sinners in pieces, there is no delivering them out of his hand.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Psalms 78:7
that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
- Psalms 78:11
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
Commentary on Psalms 78:111 voice
The children of Ephraim, in which tribe Shiloh was, though they were well armed and shot with bows, yet turned back in the day of battle. This seems to refer to that shameful defeat which the Philistines gave them in Eli's time, when they took the ark prisoner, 1 Sam. iv.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Psalms 78:42
They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
- 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 102Patristic
- 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 105Patristic
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