Dictionary of Bible Themes 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. Deuteronomy 4:9Warnings not to forget God See also Forgetting God's past acts Deuteronomy 9:7-8Isaiah 51:12-13 Deuteronomy 4:23 See also Forgetting God's covenant 2 Kings 17:38Isaiah 55:6-8 See also Forgetting God's ways Deuteronomy 18:9-131 Kings 2:1-4 Deuteronomy 6:10-12 Reasons why people forget God See also Easy circumstances Deuteronomy 8:10-14Judges 8:33-34 See also Idolatry Exodus 32:1-8Deuteronomy 12:29-31 1 Kings 11:4-6 Nehemiah 9:16 See also Pride and stubbornness Deuteronomy 9:12-132 Kings 17:14-17 Jeremiah 7:22-26 Hosea 1:2 Consequences of people forgetting God See also Spiritual adultery Jeremiah 3:6-10Hosea 4:10-13; 5:4 Hosea 4:1-3 Social decay Deuteronomy 8:19-20See also The destruction of the nation Deuteronomy 6:14-15Psalms 9:17 See also The death of the sinner Job 8:11-13Psalms 50:22 Isaiah 65:11-12 Judges 8:33-34 Examples of people forgetting God 2 Kings 17:7-20Psalms 78:40-43; 106:19-22 Isaiah 1:2-3 Jeremiah 3:19-21 Psalms 103:2; 119:61,109 Exhortations and resolve not to forget God Psalms 78:5-7God's provision to help people not to forget him See also His word Deuteronomy 31:24-27Jeremiah 20:9 Deuteronomy 16:1-3,9-12 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Covenantal meals and festivals Genesis 9:12-17; 17:9-13Numbers 15:37-39 External signs Deuteronomy 11:18-20Hosea 4:1 God's challenge to those who forget him See also Isaiah 57:11Jeremiah 2:31-32 Hosea 2:2-13 Jeremiah 3:19-22 God's call to those who forget him See also Revelation 2:4-5; 3:20Isaiah 49:15-16 God's grace even when his people do forget him See also Deuteronomy 4:25-31Nehemiah 9:29-31 See also 6020 sin6232 rejection of God, results 6668 grace & Christ 6733 repentance 8305 meekness 8672 striving with God 8706 apostasy, warnings 8718 disobedience 8743 faithlessness 8764 forgetting God 8784 nominal religion |
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