Dictionary of Bible Themes: 8764 forgetting God

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8764 forgetting God

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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Scripture warns people how easy it is to forget God in the varying circumstances of life and to fail to give him his due place, and points out the consequences of so doing.

Warnings not to forget God

Forgetting God's past acts

Deuteronomy 4:9 See also Deuteronomy 9:7-8; Isaiah 51:12-13

Forgetting God's covenant

Deuteronomy 4:23 See also 2 Kings 17:38

Forgetting God's ways

Isaiah 55:6-8 See also Deuteronomy 18:9-13; 1 Kings 2:1-4

Reasons why people forget God

Easy circumstances

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 See also Deuteronomy 8:10-14

Idolatry

Judges 8:33-34 See also Exodus 32:1-8; Deuteronomy 12:29-31; 1 Kings 11:4-6

Pride and stubbornness

Nehemiah 9:16 See also Deuteronomy 9:12-13; 2 Kings 17:14-17; Jeremiah 7:22-26

Consequences of people forgetting God

Spiritual adultery

Social decay

Hosea 4:1-3

The destruction of the nation

Deuteronomy 8:19-20 See also Deuteronomy 6:14-15

The death of the sinner

Examples of people forgetting God

Judges 8:33-34; 2 Kings 17:7-20; Psalm 78:40-43; Psalm 106:19-22; Isaiah 1:2-3; Jeremiah 3:19-21

Exhortations and resolve not to forget God

Psalm 103:2; Psalm 119:61,109

God's provision to help people not to forget him

His word

Psalm 78:5-7 See also Deuteronomy 31:24-27; Jeremiah 20:9

Covenantal meals and festivals

Deuteronomy 16:1-3,9-12; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

External signs

Genesis 9:12-17; Genesis 17:9-13; Numbers 15:37-39; Deuteronomy 11:18-20

God's challenge to those who forget him

God's call to those who forget him

Jeremiah 3:19-22 See also Revelation 2:4-5; Revelation 3:20

God's grace even when his people do forget him

Isaiah 49:15-16 See also Deuteronomy 4:25-31; Nehemiah 9:29-31