| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.287.2 | Marry, the gods forfend! | Marry, the Gods forefend. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.65 | Now heaven forfend! The holy maid with child? | Now heauen forfend, the holy Maid with child? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.30 | Marry, God forfend! | Marry God forfend. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.190 | Must Edward fall, which peril heaven forfend! | Must Edward fall, which perill heauen forefend. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.32 | No – heaven forfend! – I would not kill thy soul. | No, Heauens fore-fend) I would not kill thy Soule. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.185 | O heavens forfend! | Oh Heauens, forefend. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.129 | And he himself not present? O, forfend it God | And he himselfe not present? Oh, forbid it, God, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.437 | Not so, my lord. The gods of Rome forfend | Not so my Lord, / The Gods of Rome for-fend, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.527 | As heavens forfend! – your ruin; marry her; | (As heauens forefend) your ruine: Marry her, |