150 Bible verses about Forgiving Enemies

But I saye vnto you: loue youre enemies: Blesse the that cursse you: Do good to the that hate you: Praye for the which do you wronge and persecute you,

But I saye vnto you that heare: Loue youre enemies: do good vnto them that hate you:

blesse them that curse you: praye for them that wrongfully trouble you.

Therfore yf thine enemye hunger, fede him: Yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doinge thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpo his heade.

For yf ye forgeue other men their treaspases, youre heauenly father shall also forgeue you.

But and ye wyll not forgeue me their trespases, nomore shall youre father forgeue you youre trespases.

But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, and forgeue one another, eue as God hath forgeuen you in Christ.

forbearinge one another, and forgeuynge one another, yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another. Like as Christ hath forgeuen you, euen so do ye also.

But Iesus sayde: Father, forgeue them, for they wote not what they do. And they parted his garmentes, and cast lottes therfore.

Then came Peter vnto him,

Iesus saide vnto hi: I saye not vnto ye seue tymes, but seuetie tymes seuen tymes.

Recompese vnto no man euell for euell. Prouyde honestie afore hade towarde euery ma.

Yf it be possible (as moch as in you is) haue peace with all men.

Recopence not euell for euell, nether rebuke for rebuke: but cotrary wyse, blesse: and knowe that ye are called therto, euen yt ye shulde be heyres of ye blessynge.

Reioyce not thou at ye fall of thine enemie, and let not thine herte be glad whan he stombleth.

Yf thine enemie honger, fede him: yf he thyrst, geue him drynke:

for so shalt thou heape coales offyre vpo his heade, and the LORDE shal rewarde the.

Be ye therfore mercifull, as youre father also is mercifull.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God.

Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs, in yt Christ dyed for vs,whan we were yet synners:

Yf eny man saye: I loue God,

And this comaundement haue we of him, that he which loueth God, shulde loue his brother also.

But rather loue ye yor enemies, do good, and lende, lokynge for nothinge therof agayne: so shal yor rewarde be greate, and ye shalbe the children of the Hyest, for he is kynde, euen to the vnthankfull and to the euell.

A new comaundemet geue I you, that ye loue together as I haue loued you, yt euen so ye loue one another.

By this shal euery man knowe that ye are my disciples, yf ye haue loue one to another.

Loue is pacient

seketh not hir awne, is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell,

reioyseth not ouer iniquyte, but reioyseth in the trueth,

beareth all thinges, beleueth all thinges, hopeth all thinges, suffreth all thinges.

Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children,

and walke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God.

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.

Loke how wyde the east is from the west, so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs.

but aboue all thinges haue feruent loue amonge you one to another. For loue couereth the multitude of synnes.

Euell will stereth vp strife, but loue couereth ye multitude of synnes.

Let all bytternes, and fearsnes, and wrath, and roaringe,

But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, and forgeue one another, eue as God hath forgeuen you in Christ.

Ye haue herde howe it is sayde: An eye for an eye, a toth for a toth.

But I saye vnto you: that ye resist not euell. But whosoeuer geueth the a blowe on thy right cheke, turne to him the other also.

But yf we knowlege oure synnes, he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes,

And forgeue vs oure dettes, as we also forgeue oure detters.

Knowlege youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche, yf it be feruet.

Folowe after peace with all men, and holynes, without the which no man shal se the LORDE,

ad loke well, that no ma be destitute of the grace of God, lest there sprynge vp eny bytter rote, and cause disquyetnes, and therby many be defyled:

Who so couereth another mans offence, seketh loue: but he yt discloseth the faute, setteth frendes at variaunce.

Take hede to youre selues. Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, rebuke him:

and yf he amende, forgeue him. And though he synne agaynst the seuen tymes in a daye, and come seuen tymes in a daye to ye agayne, and saye: It repenteth me, forgeue him.

Wherfore receaue ye one another, as Christ hath receaued you to the prayse off God.

And whan ye stonde and praye, forgeue yf ye haue ought ageynst eny man, that youre father also in heauen, maye forgeue you youre trespaces.

Now therfore as the electe of God, holy and beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, humblenes of mynde, mekenesse, longe sufferynge,

forbearinge one another, and forgeuynge one another, yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another. Like as Christ hath forgeuen you, euen so do ye also.

Blessed are the mercifull: for they shall obteyne mercy.

A wyse man putteth of displeasure,

Be kynde one to another with brotherly loue. In geuynge honoure go one before another.

Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged:

For as ye iudge, so shal ye be iudged. And with what measure ye meete, with the same shall it be measured to you agayne.

For thou LORDE art good and gracious,

Se that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man: but euer folowe that which is good, both amoge youre selues and to all men.

Hereby haue we perceaued loue, that he gaue his life for vs, and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethre.

Loue doth his neghboure no euell. Therfore is loue ye fulfillynge of the lawe.

And as ye wolde that men shulde do vnto you, euen so do ye vnto them likewyse.

When a mans wayes please ye LORDE, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

Then is there now no damnacion vnto the that are in Christ Iesu, which walke not after the flesh, but after ye sprete.

This is my comaundement, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you.

shuldest not thou then haue had compassion also vpon thy felowe, euen as I had pytie vpon the?

A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

Leaue of from wrath, let go displeasure, let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell.

which whan he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: wha he suffred, he threatened not: but commytted the cause vnto him, that iudgeth righteously:

For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen.

Let him eschue euell, and do good: Let him seke peace

Neuertheles all thinges are off God, which hath reconcyled vs vnto himselfe by Iesus Christ, and hath geuen vs the office to preach the attonement.

For God was in Christ, and reconcyled the worlde vnto himselfe, and counted not ther synnes vnto them, and amonge vs hath he set vp the worde of ye attonemet.

But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs

eue wha we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in Christ ( for by grace are ye saued)

and their synnes and iniquities wil I remebre nomore.

So shal my heauenly father do also vnto you, yf ye euery one of you fro youre hertes, forgeue not his brother his trespaces.

The seruaunt of the LORDE ought not to stryue, but to be gentle vnto euery man: apte to teach, one that can forbeare

the euell, one yt can with mekenesse enfourme them yt resist: yf God at eny tyme wyl geue them repentaunce for to knowe the trueth,

Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged. Condepne not, and ye shal not be condempned. Forgeue, and ye shal be forgeuen.

For yf we were recocyled vnto God by ye death of his sone, wha we were yet enemies: moch more shal we be saued by him, now yt we are reconcyled.

Now whyle they contynued axynge him, he lift him self vp, and sayde vnto them: He that is amonge you without synne, let him cast the first stone at her.

Let him eschue euell,

A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.

with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes, and longe sufferinge, forbearinge one another in loue,

that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe:

and laboure and worke with oure awne handes. We are reuyled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffre it:

The LORDE is gracious and mercifull, longe sufferynge

As for the seconde, it is like vnto it: Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self.

But why iudgest thou yi brother? Or thou other, why despysest thou yi brother? We shal all be broughte before ye iudgmet seate of Christ.

for I wil be mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnesses: And on their synnes

Brethren, Yf eny ma be ouertaken of a faute, ye which are spirituall, enfourme him with a meke sprete: and considre thine owne selfe, that thou also be not tempted.

Go and learne, what that meaneth: I haue pleasure in mercy, and not in offerynge. For I am not come to call the righteous, but ye synners to repentaunce,

He yt hath a gentle liberall stomacke, is mercifull: but who so hurteth his neghbor, is a tyraut.

But let vs folowe the trueth in loue, and in all thinges growe in him, which is the heade, euen Christ,

But now put all awaye fro you: wrath, fearcenesse, maliciousnes, cursed speakynge, fylthie wordes out of youre mouth.

A good ma out of ye good treasure of his hert, bryngeth forth yt which is good: and an euell ma out of the euell treasure of his hert, bryngeth forth that which is euell. For of the abundaunce of the hert, the mouth speaketh.

Blessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth.

He that sayeth he is in lighte, and hateth his brother, is yet in darknesse.

He yt loueth his brother, abydeth in the lighte, and there is none occasion of euell in him.

But he yt hateth his brother, is in darknes, and walketh in darknes, and can not tell whither he goeth, for ye darknes hath blynded his eyes.

Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy, fyndeth both life, rightuousnesse and honor.

The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes (as some me counte slacknesse) but is paciet to vs warde, and wyl not that eny ma shulde be lost, but that euery man shulde amende himselfe.

Let vs therfore folowe those thinges which make for peace,

Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

For the wrath of ma worketh not that which is righteous before God.

No man hath greater loue, then to set his life for his frende.

in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude (namely) the forgeuenes of synnes, acordynge to ye riches of his grace,

For here vnto are ye called, for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs, leauynge vs an ensample, that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes,

which dyd no synne, nether was there gyle founde in his mouth:

which whan he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: wha he suffred, he threatened not: but commytted the cause vnto him, that iudgeth righteously:

Therfore canst thou not excuse thyselfe (O ma) who soeuer thou be that iudgest: for loke wherin thou iudgest another, thou condemnest thy selfe, in so moch as thou that iudgest, doest euen the same.

Beholde, I sende you forth as shepe amoge wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and innocent as doues.

But the LORDE increace you,

that yor hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father, at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes.

I exhorte therfore, yt aboue all thinges, prayers, supplicacions, intercessions and geuynge of thakes be had for all men

for kynges, and for all that are in auctorite, that we maye lyue a quyete

For who so listeth to lyue, and wolde fayne se good dayes, Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes yt they speake no gyle.

Let him eschue euell,

But loke vnto who ye forgeue eny thinge, I forgeue hi also. For I also, yf I forgeue ought vnto eny ma, that forgeue I for youre sakes in the rowme of Christ,

lest we shulde be preuented of Sathan. For his thoughtes are not vnknowne vnto vs.

I saye vnto you: Eue so shal there be ioye in heauen ouer one synner that doth pennaunce, more then ouer nyne and nyentye righteous, which nede not repentaunce.

And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren, the same haue ye done vnto me.

We that are stronge ought to beare ye fraylnesse of them which are weake, and not to stonde in oure awne consaytes.

Let euery one of vs ordre himselfe so, that he please his neghboure vnto his welth, and edifienge:

Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thinges are honest, what soeuer thinges are iust, what so euer thinges are pure, what soeuer thinges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thinges are of honest reporte: yf there be eny vertuous thinge, yf there be eny laudable thinge,

Let loue be without dissimulacion. Hate that which is euell: Cleue vnto that which is good.

He answered and sayde: Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all thy hert, with all thy soule, with all thy strength, and with all thy mynde, and thy neghboure as thy self.

let all youre thinges be done in loue.

Yf I then youre LORDE and master haue wasshen youre fete, ye ought also to wash one anothers fete.

I haue geue you an ensample, that ye shulde do as I haue done vnto you.

Let youre light so shyne before men, that they maye se youre good workes, and glorify youre father which is in heauen.

Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery man one to another, and knyt yor selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the humble.

Submytte yor selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come.

Let brotherly loue cotynue.

Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers: for therby haue dyuerse receaued angels in to their houses vnawares.

For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde, namely in this: loue thy neghboure as thy selfe.

Dearly beloued, let vs loue one another, for loue commeth of God. And euery one yt loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.

Fynally brethren, reioyse, be parfecte, coforte yor selues, be of one mynde, be peaceable, and the God of loue and peace shalbe wt you.

Who will separate vs from the loue of God? Trouble? or anguysh? or persecucio? or honger? or nakednesse? or parell? or swerde?

As it is wrytten: For thy sake are we kylled all the daye longe, we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne.

Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre, for his sake that loued vs.

Saye not thou: I will recompence euell, but put yi trust in the LORDE,

My litle children, these thinges wryte I vnto you, that ye shulde not synne: and yf eny man synne, we haue an aduocate with the father, euen Iesus Christ which is righteous:

Blessed are they which honger

Or knowe ye not that youre body is the temple of the holy goost? Whom ye haue of God, and are not youre awne?

For ye are dearly boughte. Prayse ye God therfore in yor body

Refuse not to do good vnto him that shulde haue it, so longe as thine hande is able to do it.

Brethren, I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I saye: I forget that which is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before,

But sure we are, that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God, which are called of purpose.

I am crucified with Christ, yet do I lyue: neuerthelesse now not I, but Christ lyueth in me. For ye life which I now lyue in ye flesshe, I lyue in the faith of ye sonne of God which loued me, and gaue himselfe for me.

For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy,

Wherfore seynge we haue so greate a multitude of witnesses aboute vs let vs also laye awaye all yt presseth downe, and the synne that hangeth on, and let vs runne with pacience vnto the batayl that is set before vs,

lokynge vnto Iesus ye auctor and fynissher of faith: which whan the ioye was layed before him, abode the crosse, and despysed the shame, and is set downe on ye righte hade of ye trone of God.

Be not ye disceaued. Euell speakinges corruppe good maners.

What shal we saye then? Shal we contynue in synne, that there maye be abundaunce of grace?

God forbyd. How shal we lyue in synne, yt are deed from it?

and am surely certified of this, yt he which hath begonne that good worke in you, shal go forth with it vntyll ye daye of Iesus Christ:

that he graunte you (acordinge to ye riches of his glory) to be strengthed with power by his sprete in ye inwarde ma,

that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue,

Ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as youre father in heaue is perfecte.

Which of these thre now thinkest thou, was neghboure vnto him, that fell amonge the murtherers?

He sayde: He that shewed mercy vpon him Then sayde Iesus vnto him: Go thy waye then, and do thou likewyse.

for he hath made him which knewe no synne, to be synne for vs, yt we by his meanes shulde be that righteousnes, which before God is alowed.

Ye are ye salt of the earth, but and yf the salt haue lost his saltnes, what can be salted therwith? It is thence forth good for nothynge, but to be cast out, and to be trodden vnder fote of men.

Ye are the light of the worlde. A cite that is set on an hill, can not be hid:

and of his fulnesse haue all we receaued grace for grace.

I haue foughte a good fighte: I haue fulfylled the course: I haue kepte the faith.

From hence forth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteousnes, which the LORDE the righteous iudge shal geue me in yt daye: Howbeit not vnto me onely, but vnto all them that loue his comynge.

And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him, that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll, he heareth vs.

And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe, then are we sure that we haue ye peticions, which we haue desyred of him.

The LORDE is my shepherde, I can wante nothinge.

He fedeth me in a grene pasture, ad ledeth me to a fresh water.

He quickeneth my soule,

Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge,

and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace.

Seke ye fyrst the kyngdome of heauen and the righteousnes therof, so shal all these thynges be ministred vnto you.

For it is God which worketh in you both the wyll and the deed, euen of his owne good wyll.

but sanctifye the LORDE God in youre hertes. Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery ma, that axeth you a reason of the hope that is in you, and that with mekenes

And lo, they brought vnto him a man sicke of ye palsie, lyinge in his bed. And when Iesus sawe the faith of the, he sayde to the sicke of ye palsie: my sonne, be of good cheare, thy sinnes are forgeue the.

God is a sprete, and they that worshippe him, must worshippe in sprete and in the trueth.

that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all thinges, and to be frutefull in all good workes, and growe in the knowlege of God:

Blessed are the poore in sprete: for theirs is the kyngdome of heue.

So the faith cometh by hearynge, but hearinge cometh by the worde of God.

We knowe, that whosoeuer is borne off God, synneth not: but he that is begotte of God, kepeth himselfe,

For sometyme ye were darknesse, but now are ye lighte in the LORDE. Walke as the children of lighte.

(For the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes, and righteousnes and trueth:)

Not onely yt, but we reioyse also i troubles, for so moch as we knowe, yt trouble bryngeth paciece,

paciece bryngeth experiece, experiece bryngeth hope:

Yf eny of you lacke wyssdome, let him axe of God, which geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teth: and it shal be geue him.

My God fulfyll all yor nede, acordinge to his riches in glory i Christ Iesu.

Peace I leaue vnto you, my peace I geue you: I geue not vnto you, as the worlde geueth. Let not yor hert be troubled, nether let it be afrayed.

The LORDE is nye vnto them yt are contrite in hert,

And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in honde: shalt prouyde for peace, eue the peace yt me hope for in the.

Put thy trust in ye LORDE with all thine herte, and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstondinge.

In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him, and he shal ordre thy goinges.

For they are all synners, and wate the prayse that God shulde haue of the,

But I beseke you brethre thorow the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that ye all speake one thinge, and let there be no discension amonge you, but that ye be perfecte in one meanynge.