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61 Bible Verses about Forgiving Others
Unforgiveness is like a poison we take in small doses every day, but it eventually ends up poisoning us. It's so easy to hold onto those hurts, isn't it? But think about it: the Lord calls us to repent of our sins and seek His forgiveness. He also urges us to forgive those who offend or hurt us. It's a two-way street.
As children of God, we're called to practice forgiveness constantly. Imagine bringing your offering to the altar and suddenly remembering someone you've wronged, or someone who has wronged you. What do you do? Leave the offering right there, go and reconcile, and then come back and worship. It makes you think, doesn't it?
It's hypocritical to say we love the Lord but can't stand the people we see every day. Think about that for a second. God wants us, as the body of Christ, to practice the same kind of love He has for us – the kind of love that led Him to sacrifice His Son. That's powerful stuff.
Holding a grudge can be toxic, you know? It can eat away at you. Bitterness toward someone in your church isn't a sign of maturity, it's a sign that something needs to change in our hearts. We need to repent of any hypocrisy, drop the pretense, and be the unified church Jesus is coming back for: a pure church, without spot or wrinkle. That's what the Lord wants, and it's what we should strive for, too.
If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Above all things, have unfailing love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins.
But if you do not forgive men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Take heed to yourselves. “If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.
“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.
And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your sins.But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your sins.”
Between the temple porch and the altar, let the priests, ministers of the Lord, weep and say, “Have pity upon Your people, and do not make Your inheritance a disgrace, a mockery among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, and blasphemies, with all malice, be taken away from you.And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
Brothers, if a man is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, watching yourselves, lest you also be tempted.
For he who has shown no mercy will have judgment without mercy, for mercy triumphs over judgment.
In Him we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Whoever does not live in righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
Take heed to yourselves. “If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.“So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.On that day let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away. And likewise let him who is in the field not return to the things behind.Remember Lot’s wife.Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.I tell you, on that night two men will be in one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left.Two women will be grinding grain together; the one will be taken and the other will be left.Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken and the other will be left.”They asked, “Where, Lord?” He replied, “Where the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.”If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
“Now if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has resurrected together with Him, having forgiven you all sins.
Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you?’
He who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry out, but will not be heard.
He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates the best of friends.
I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against Me. And I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned and whereby they have transgressed against Me.
let him know that he who converts the sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your sins.
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so you will heap coals of fire on his head.”Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
“Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar and go on your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Whomever you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if I forgave someone anything, for your sakes I forgave it in Christ,lest Satan should take advantage of us. For we are not ignorant of his devices.
Therefore repent and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
“So also My heavenly Father will do to each of you, if from your heart you do not forgive your brother for his trespasses.”
Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.
So he arose and came to his father. “But while he was yet far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran and embraced his neck and kissed him.“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him. And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.Bring here the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.For this son of mine was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to be merry.
“Now if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.But if he does not listen, then take with you one or two others, that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be established.If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
If you, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be feared.
Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse, but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you may receive a blessing.
I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.
Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.He will again have compassion upon us. He will tread down our iniquities, and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
For I will be merciful toward their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
“Judge not, that you be not judged.Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!Therefore, everything you would like men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.“Enter at the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who are going through it,because small is the gate and narrow is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.You will know them by their fruit. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?Even so, every good tree bears good fruit. But a corrupt tree bears evil fruit.A good tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit.Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged. And with the measure you use, it will be measured again for you.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your willing spirit.Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness.O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure; build the walls of Jerusalem.Then You will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation,
Brothers, I do not count myself to have attained, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,I press toward the goal to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has resurrected together with Him, having forgiven you all sins.He blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us and contrary to us, and He took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but lovingkindness will surround the man who trusts in the Lord.Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!Blessed is the man against whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they divided His clothes by casting lots.
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?We have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.