'Forget' in the Bible
When your brother’s anger toward you subsides and he forgets what you did to him, then I will send and bring you back from there. Why should I be deprived of you both in a single day?”
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh (causing to forget), for he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and hardship and all [the sorrow of the loss of] my father’s household.”
“Only pay attention and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your grandchildren [impressing these things on their mind and penetrating their heart with these truths]—
So be on your guard and watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He has made with you, and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.
For the Lord your God is a merciful and compassionate God; He will not fail you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
then beware that you do not forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
“Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments and His judgments (precepts) and His statutes which I am commanding you today;
then your heart will become lifted up [by self-conceit and arrogance] and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
And it shall come about if you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will most certainly perish.
Remember [with remorse] and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day you left the land of Egypt until you arrived in this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.
Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance to possess, you shall wipe out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget.
She made a vow, saying, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction (suffering) of Your maidservant and remember, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life; a razor shall never touch his head.”
The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget; you shall not fear other gods.
“So are the paths of all who forget God;And the hope of the godless will perish,
“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
“If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,I will leave off my sad appearance, and be cheerful and brighten up,’
“For you would forget your trouble;You would remember it as waters that have passed by.
“A mother will forget him;The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered.And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored].
For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.
The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),Even all the nations who forget God.
Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand [in judgment];Do not forget the suffering.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?How long will You hide Your face from me?
Why do You hide Your faceAnd forget our affliction and our oppression?
Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:Forget your people and your father’s house;
“Now consider this, you who forget God,Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
Do not kill them, or my people will forget;Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down,O Lord our shield!
Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast;Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries,The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually [to Your ears].
That they should place their confidence in GodAnd not forget the works of God,But keep His commandments,
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness?And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]?
My heart has been struck like grass and withered,Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul,And do not forget any of His benefits;
I will delight in Your statutes;I will not forget Your word.
For I have become like a wineskin [blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs],Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
I will never forget Your precepts,For by them You have revived me and given me life.
My life is continually in my hand,Yet I do not forget Your law.
Resh.Look upon my agony and rescue me,For I do not forget Your law.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep;Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,Let my right hand forget [her skill with the harp].
My son, do not forget my teaching,But let your heart keep my commandments;
“Get [skillful and godly] wisdom! Acquire understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation]!Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees,And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.
Let him drink and forget his povertyAnd no longer remember his trouble.
[The Lord answered] “Can a woman forget her nursing childAnd have no compassion on the son of her womb?Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
That you have forgotten the Lord your Maker,Who stretched out the heavensAnd laid the foundations of the earth,That you continually tremble with fear all day long because of the rage of the oppressor,As he takes aim to destroy?And where is the rage of the oppressor?
“Do not fear, for you will not be put to shame,And do not feel humiliated or ashamed, for you will not be disgraced.For you will forget the shame of your youth,And you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
“But you who abandon (turn away from) the Lord,Who forget and ignore My holy mountain (Zion),Who set a table for Gad [the Babylonian god of fortune],And who fill a jug of mixed wine for Meni [the god of fate],
“Can a virgin forget [to wear] her ornaments,Or a bride her attire [that identifies her as a married woman]?Yet My people have forgotten MeDays without number.
who think that they can make My people forget My Name by their [contrived] dreams which each one tells another, just as their fathers forgot My Name because of Baal?
Why do You forget us forever?Why do You forsake us so long?
They will forget their disgrace and all their treachery (unfaithfulness) which they perpetuated against Me, when they live securely in their own land and there is no one who makes them afraid.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law, where I reveal My will].Because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge,I will also reject you from being My priest.Since you have forgotten the law of your God,I will also forget your children.
The Lord has sworn [an oath] by the pride of Jacob,“Surely I shall never forget [nor leave unpunished] any of their [rebellious] acts.