35 Bible Verses for Those Who Feel Forgotten

Feeling forgotten hurts in ways that are hard to describe. Maybe you’ve been overlooked for the promotion that seemed perfect for you, or friends have moved on without including you in their plans. Perhaps you’ve been faithfully serving in ministry for years with little recognition, or your prayers feel like they’re bouncing off the ceiling while others seem to get immediate answers. The silence feels deafening when you’re pouring your heart out to God and hearing nothing back.

That sense of invisibility can make you question everything. Am I valuable? Does my life matter? Has God simply moved on to more important people with bigger problems? When everyone else seems to be living their best life on social media while you’re struggling in obscurity, it’s easy to believe that you’ve been left behind or that your season of blessing will never come. The isolation becomes a weight that grows heavier with each passing day.

But God’s silence isn’t absence, and His timing isn’t neglect. You are seen, known, and treasured even when it feels like the whole world has forgotten your name.

Bible Verses for Those Who Feel Forgotten

1. Isaiah 49:15-16 – Can a Mother Forget Her Nursing Child?

Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.

New International Version (NIV)

2. Psalm 139:17-18 – How Precious to Me Are Your Thoughts

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.

English Standard Version (ESV)

3. Matthew 10:29-31 – Are Not Two Sparrows Sold for a Copper Coin?

Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

New King James Version (NKJV)

4. 1 Samuel 16:7 – But the Lord Looks at the Heart

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

New Living Translation (NLT)

5. Psalm 56:8 – You Keep Track of All My Sorrows

You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record?

Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

6. Isaiah 43:1 – But Now, Thus Says the Lord

But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!”

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

7. Psalm 34:15 – The Eyes of the Lord Are on the Righteous

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

King James Version (KJV)

8. Luke 12:7 – Indeed, the Very Hairs of Your Head Are All Numbered

But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

9. Isaiah 54:10 – Though the Mountains Be Shaken

For even if the mountains walk away and the hills fall to pieces, My love won’t walk away from you, my covenant commitment of peace won’t fall apart.” The God who has compassion on you says so.

The Message (MSG)

10. Jeremiah 1:5 – Before I Formed You in the Womb

Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

Amplified Bible (AMP)

11. Psalm 27:10 – Though My Father and Mother Forsake Me

Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.

New English Translation (NET)

12. 1 Peter 5:7 – Cast All Your Anxiety on Him

casting all your care on Him, because He cares about you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13. Psalm 68:5 – A Father to the Fatherless

God is a father to orphans, and he defends the rights of widows. God gives the lonely a home, and he leads prisoners out into happiness.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

14. Isaiah 41:9 – I Took You from the Ends of the Earth

I brought you from the ends of the earth; I called you from its farthest corners and said to you, ‘You are my servant.’ I did not reject you, but chose you.

Good News Translation (GNT)

15. Psalm 37:23-24 – The Lord Makes Firm the Steps

The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.

New Century Version (NCV)

16. Zephaniah 3:17 – The Lord Your God Is with You

The Lord your God is among you; he is a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness; he will renew you with his love; he will celebrate over you with singing.

International Standard Version (ISV)

17. Psalm 121:3-4 – He Will Not Let Your Foot Slip

He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. Behold, the Protector of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

Tree of Life Version (TLV)

18. Matthew 6:26 – Look at the Birds of the Air

Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they are?

Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19. Psalm 91:14 – Because He Loves Me, Says the Lord

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

World English Bible (WEB)

20. Isaiah 44:21 – Remember These Things, Jacob

Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant; O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

American Standard Version (ASV)

21. Psalm 46:1 – God Is Our Refuge and Strength

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Revised Standard Version (RSV)

22. Deuteronomy 31:6 – Be Strong and Courageous

Be brave and steadfast; have no fear or dread of them, for it is the Lord, your God, who marches with you; he will never fail you or forsake you.

New American Bible (NAB)

23. Isaiah 46:4 – Even to Your Old Age I Am He

And even to your old age I am the same, and I will carry you till you grow grey: I made you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save.

Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB)

24. Hebrews 13:5 – Keep Your Lives Free from the Love of Money

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

English Revised Version (ERV)

25. 1 Chronicles 28:9 – And You, My Son Solomon

and thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah searching, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.

Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)

26. 2 Chronicles 16:9 – For the Eyes of the Lord Run to and Fro

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

Darby Translation (DARBY)

27. Romans 8:28 – And We Know That in All Things

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Weymouth New Testament (WNT)

28. Psalm 25:16 – Turn to Me and Be Gracious to Me

Turne thee to me, and haue mercy on me; for Y am aloone and pore.

Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

29. Joshua 1:5 – No One Will Be Able to Stand Against You

There shall not a man be able to withstande before thee all the dayes of thy life: as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leaue thee, nor forsake thee.

Geneva Bible (GNV)

30. Psalm 73:23 – Yet I Am Always with You

Neuerthelesse I am alway by thee: for thou hast holden me by my ryght hande.

Bishop’s Bible

31. 1 Kings 19:18 – Yet I Reserve Seven Thousand in Israel

Yet wyll I leaue me seuen thousande in Israel, euen all the knees that haue not bowed vnto Baal, and euery mouth that hath not kyssed hym.

Tyndale Bible

32. Psalm 18:19 – He Brought Me Out into a Spacious Place

He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.

The Living Bible (TLB)

33. 2 Timothy 2:13 – If We Are Faithless

if we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is.

The Passion Translation (TPT)

34. Isaiah 62:4 – No Longer Will They Call You Deserted

You will no longer be called “Abandoned” or “Desolate,” but you will be called “My Delight” and “Married,” because the Eternal finds joy in you, and your land will be married to Him.

The Voice Bible (VOICE)

35. Psalm 147:3 – He Heals the Brokenhearted

He heals those who have broken hearts. He takes care of their wounds.

New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

Our Thoughts on What the Bible Says About Feeling Forgotten

Scripture consistently reveals a God who specializes in seeing the unseen and remembering the forgotten. The Hebrew word “zakar,” meaning “to remember,” doesn’t simply mean recalling information but actively caring for and intervening on behalf of someone. When God remembers Hannah’s barrenness, Noah in the ark, or His covenant with Abraham, He moves into action. His remembrance always leads to restoration, blessing, and breakthrough.

What strikes me most is how often God chooses the overlooked ones for His greatest works. David was forgotten by his own father when Samuel came looking for Israel’s next king. Moses felt forgotten in the wilderness before God called him to deliver Israel. Mary was an unknown teenage girl in an insignificant town when she became the mother of Jesus. God’s pattern throughout Scripture is to find the forgotten ones, call them by name, and use them to accomplish extraordinary things. Your current season of feeling invisible might actually be God’s preparation time for something greater than you can imagine.

Say This Prayer

Heavenly Father, the silence feels so heavy when it seems like everyone else is moving forward while I’m stuck in place. I watch others receive opportunities, answers to prayer, and recognition while I feel completely invisible. Some days I wonder if You even remember my name or if my prayers are reaching You at all. The loneliness of feeling forgotten by both people and You is overwhelming.

But Your Word reminds me that You have engraved my name on the palms of Your hands, that You know every hair on my head, and that You collect every tear I cry. Help me to believe that Your silence doesn’t mean absence and that Your timing is perfect even when I can’t understand it. When I feel overlooked by the world, remind me that You see everything and that nothing about my life escapes Your attention.

Use this season of waiting and feeling forgotten to draw me closer to You. Help me to find my identity and worth in Your love rather than in the recognition or approval of others. Give me patience to trust Your timing and faith to believe that You are working even when I can’t see it. Thank You for never forgetting me, even when I feel most alone.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.