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102 Bible Verses about Forgiving a Friend
Forgiving truly frees your soul, heals you deep down, and brings such peace of mind. There's no better feeling than having a clear conscience and a healthy heart. Holding onto unforgiveness just breeds anger, pain, depression, sadness, resentment, and so much more. God wants you to experience true freedom by learning to forgive, just as He forgives your sins and offenses every single day.
Even in your mistakes and weaknesses, God shows you His love, always giving you new chances. He wants you to extend that same grace to the people around you.
If you forgive others, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. Jesus teaches us to forgive through His own example, showing eternal love to those who betrayed Him, even His closest friends.
Maybe you've been hurt and let down by friends, and your trust has been broken. But you should follow Jesus' example and forgive them. Choose to start fresh and not lose friendships over pride or arrogance. Practice humility and ask for forgiveness for any wrongs you've committed. Forgiveness isn't about making things right with the other person; it's about making things right with yourself and letting go of the burden that's holding you back and affecting your relationship with God.
If you love your friend, reach out, talk things through, and create new memories together. Leave the past behind, learn from it, and look forward to a beautiful future. Hold onto the principles of loyalty, honesty, and transparency, and your bond will be unshakable. Always remember Proverbs 17:9: "Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends."
“If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.
If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.
You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.
“Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you.
And when you stand and pray, forgive anything you may have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive the wrongs you have done.”
So watch what you do! “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
If he sins against you seven times in one day, and each time he comes to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
He does not punish us as we deserve or repay us according to our sins and wrongs.
As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who honor him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins from us.
If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.
Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, “I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord.”
If you kept a record of our sins, who could escape being condemned?
But you forgive us, so that we should stand in awe of you.
My friends, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right; but you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.
Now, if anyone has made somebody sad, he has not done it to me but to all of you—in part, at least. (I say this because I do not want to be too hard on him.)
It is enough that this person has been punished in this way by most of you.
Now, however, you should forgive him and encourage him, in order to keep him from becoming so sad as to give up completely.
And so I beg you to let him know that you really do love him.
And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.
Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
Happy are those whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned.
Happy is the one whom the Lord does not accuse of doing wrong and who is free from all deceit.
Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.
Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.
But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.
“Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you,
for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others.
If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it.
For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God,
He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear Son,
by whom we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven.
Be merciful to me, O God, because of your constant love. Because of your great mercy wipe away my sins!
Wash away all my evil and make me clean from my sin!
Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father! They don't know what they are doing.” They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.
But God was merciful to his people. He forgave their sin and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger and restrained his fury.
“Now I, the Sovereign Lord, am telling you Israelites that I will judge each of you by what you have done. Turn away from all the evil you are doing, and don't let your sin destroy you.
I am writing this to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf—Jesus Christ, the righteous one.
Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.
As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another.
I will praise you with all my heart, O Lord my God; I will proclaim your greatness forever.
How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.
All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also.
Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.
The Lord says, “Now, let's settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.
where some people brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the paralyzed man, “Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven.”
So he got up and started back to his father. “He was still a long way from home when his father saw him; his heart was filled with pity, and he ran, threw his arms around his son, and kissed him.
If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day.
Don't give the Devil a chance.
But God has shown us how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!
When you forgive people for what they have done, I forgive them too. For when I forgive—if, indeed, I need to forgive anything—I do it in Christ's presence because of you,
Those who love your law have perfect security, and there is nothing that can make them fall.
Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.
And look out for one another's interests, not just for your own.
Save me, Lord! Help me now!
May those who try to kill me be completely defeated and confused. May those who are happy because of my troubles be turned back and disgraced.
And Jesus concluded, “That is how my Father in heaven will treat every one of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised to give you when he called you.
You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.
But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.
Create a pure heart in me, O God, and put a new and loyal spirit in me.
Do not banish me from your presence; do not take your holy spirit away from me.
Give me again the joy that comes from your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
Let the wicked leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the Lord, our God; he is merciful and quick to forgive.
Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud;
love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs;
love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth.
Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.
So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another.
Those who hate others are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life in them.
You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God.
Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God, always patient, always kind and faithful.
“What do you think a man does who has one hundred sheep and one of them gets lost? He will leave the other ninety-nine grazing on the hillside and go and look for the lost sheep.
When he finds it, I tell you, he feels far happier over this one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.
In just the same way your Father in heaven does not want any of these little ones to be lost.
I ask God from the wealth of his glory to give you power through his Spirit to be strong in your inner selves,
But the Lord says, “Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago.
Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already—you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there.
Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God;
he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God's glory.
But his answer was: “My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak.” I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
But now I tell you: do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.
Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart.
And God's peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus.
It is the same with you; when you have done all you have been told to do, say, ‘We are ordinary servants; we have only done our duty.’”
Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.
When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them. I will rescue them and honor them.
Let us have confidence, then, and approach God's throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it.
But if we live in the light—just as he is in the light—then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.
There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.
For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death.
Heal the sick, bring the dead back to life, heal those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases, and drive out demons. You have received without paying, so give without being paid.
If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink.
You will make them burn with shame, and the Lord will reward you.
Instead, as the scripture says: “If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink; for by doing this you will make them burn with shame.”
So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.
Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.
“If your brother sins against you, go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back.
So if you are about to offer your gift to God at the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you,
leave your gift there in front of the altar, go at once and make peace with your brother, and then come back and offer your gift to God.
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, if my brother keeps on sinning against me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Seven times?”
“No, not seven times,” answered Jesus, “but seventy times seven,
Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you.
Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another.