150 Bible verses about Forgiving Enemies

But, I, say unto you, Be loving your enemies, and praying for them who are persecuting you:

But, unto you, I say, who are hearkening: Be loving your enemies; be doing, good, unto them that hate you;Be blessing them that curse you; be praying for them that wantonly insult you.

But—if thine enemy hunger, be feeding him, if he thirst, be giving him drink; for, this doing, coals of fire, shalt thou heap upon his head.

For, if ye forgive men their faults, Your Father who is in the heavens, will forgive, even you;But, if ye forgive not men their faults, neither will your Father forgive, your faults.

And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another—even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;

Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint,—according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

But, Jesus, was saying—Father! forgive them; for they know not what they do. And, when they were parting his garments, they cast lots.

Then, coming near, Peter said to him—Lord! how many times, shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until, seven, times?Jesus saith to him—I say not unto thee, unto, seven, times, but, until seventy times seven.

Unto no one, evil for evil rendering: providing honourable things before all men:If possible—so far as dependeth on you, with all men being at peace:

Not returning evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, bestowing a blessing,—because, hereunto, have ye been called, in order that, a blessing, ye might inherit.

When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:

If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;For, burning coals, shalt thou be heaping upon his head,—and, Yahweh, will repay thee.

Become ye compassionate, according as, your Father, is, compassionate;

Happy, the peacemakers; for, they, shall be, called sons of God:

But God commendeth his own love unto us in that—we as yet being sinners, Christ in our behalf died.

If one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!And, this commandment, have we from him,—that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.

But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for, nothing, back; and your reward shall be, great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High,—for, he, is, gracious, unto the ungrateful and wicked.

A new commandment, give I unto you,—That ye be loving one another: Just as I loved you, that, ye also, be loving one another:By this, shall all men take knowledge, that, my disciples, ye are,—If ye have, love, one to another.

Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base,Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,—All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as children beloved,And walk in love—even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.

Not avenging, yourselves, beloved, but give place unto their anger; for it is written—Mine, is avenging, I, will recompense;—saith the Lord;

As far as East from West, Hath he put far from us, our transgressions;

Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of sins;

Hatred, stirreth up strifes, but, over all transgressions, love throweth a covering.

All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another—even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;

Ye have heard, that it was said,—Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.But, I, tell you, not to resist evil,—Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also;

If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous—that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And forgive us our debts, as, we also, have forgiven our debtors;

Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf,—that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:

Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness,—without which no one shall see the Lord:Using oversight—lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God,—lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled:

He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.

Be taking heed to yourselves,—If thy brother sin, rebuke him, and, if he repent, forgive him;Even if, seven times a day, he sin against thee, and, seven times, turn to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

Wherefore receive ye one another, even as, Christ also, hath received us unto the glory of God:—

And, when ye stand praying, forgive, if aught ye have against any,—that, your Father also, who is in the heavens, may forgive you your offences.

Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint,—according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

Happy, the merciful; for, they, shall receive mercy:

The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and, his adorning, is to pass over transgression.

In your brotherly love, unto one another, being tenderly affectioned, in honour, unto one another, giving preference;

Judge not, that ye be not judged;—For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged,—and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto you.

For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee.

See that none, evil for evil, unto any, do render: but, evermore, what is good, be pursuing, towards one another, and towards all:

Hereby, have we come to understand love: in that, He, for us, his life laid down; and, we, ought, for the brethren, our lives to lay down.

Love, unto ones neighbour, worketh not ill; Law’s fullness, therefore, is, love.

And, according as ye desire that men be doing unto you, be ye doing unto them, in like manner.

When, acceptable to Yahweh, are the ways of a man, even his enemies, doth he cause to make peace with him.

Hence there is now, no, condemnation unto them who are in Christ Jesus;

This, is my own commandment, That ye be loving one another, just as I loved you.

Was it not binding, upon thee also, to have mercy upon thy fellow-servant, as, I also, on thee, had mercy?

A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation— it would be only to do evil;

Who, being reviled, was not reviling again, suffering, he was not threatening, but was making surrender unto him that judgeth righteously,—

Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies.

Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.

The all things, moreover, are of God,—who hath reconciled us unto himself, through Christ, and hath given, unto us, the reconciling ministry:—How that, God, was in Christ, reconciling, a world, unto himself, not reckoning, unto them, their offences,—and hath put, in us, the reconciling discourse.

But, God, being rich in mercy, by reason of the great love wherewith he loved us,Although we were dead by our offences, gave us life together with the Christ,—by favour, ye have been saved,—

He also saith —of their sins, and of their lawlessnesses, I will in nowise be mindful any more.

Thus, my heavenly Father also, will do unto you, if ye forgive not each one his brother, from your hearts.

And, a servant of the Lord, ought not to strive, but to be, gentle, towards all, apt in teaching, ready to endure malice,—In meekness, bringing under discipline them that oppose themselves, lest at any time God should give them repentance unto a personal knowledge of truth,

And do not judge, and in nowise shall ye be judged; and do not condemn, and in nowise shall ye be condemned; release, and ye shall be released;

For, if being enemies we were reconciled unto God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

When, however, they still continued questioning him, he lifted himself up and said unto them—He of you, that is without sin, let him first cast at her a stone;

Let him turn away from mischief, and do good, Let him seek peace, and pursue it;

A foolish man, on the same day, letteth his vexation be known, but, he that concealeth an affront, is prudent.

With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,

Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain-glory,—but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,—

And toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless, being persecuted, we hold on,

Gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh,—slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

The second, like it, is, this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto the judgment seat of God;

Because, propitious, will I be as to their unrighteousnesses, and, of their sins, in nowise will I be mindful, any more.

Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.

But go ye, and learn what this meaneth,—Mercy, I desire, and not, sacrifice; For I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.

The man of lovingkindness, dealeth well with his own soul, but the cruel man, troubleth his own flesh.

But, pursuing truth—may, in love, grow into him in all things,—who is the head, Christ,—

But, now, do, ye also, put them all away,—anger, wrath, baseness, defamation, shameful talk out of your mouth:

The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and, the wicked man, out of the wicked heart, bringeth forth that which is wicked; for, out of an overflowing of heart, speaketh, his mouth.

Happy, the meek; for, they, shall inherit the earth:

He that saith he is, in the light, and hateth, his brother, is, in the darkness, until even now!He that loveth his brother, is abiding, in the light, and, cause of stumbling, in him, is there none.Whereas, he that hateth his brother, in the darkness, dwelleth, and in the darkness, walketh; and knoweth not whither he is drifting, because the, darkness, hath blinded his eyes.

He that pursueth righteousness and lovingkindness, shall find life, righteousness and honour.

The Lord is, not slack, concerning his promise, as some count, slackness; but is long-suffering with regard to you, not being minded that any should perish, but that, all, unto repentance, should come.

Hence, then, the things pertaining to peace, let us pursue, and the things which belong to the upbuilding one of another:

Ye know, my brethren beloved,—but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.

Greater love than this, hath, no one, That, his life, one should lay down in behalf of his friends.

In whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of our offences, according to the riches of his favour,

For, hereunto, have ye been called; because, Christ also, suffered in your behalf, unto you, leaving behind a pattern, that ye might follow in his steps:Who did not, a sin, commit, neither was deceit found in his mouth,—Who, being reviled, was not reviling again, suffering, he was not threatening, but was making surrender unto him that judgeth righteously,—

Wherefore, inexcusable, thou art, O man, whoever judgest; for, wherein thou judgest some one else, thyself, thou dost condemn,—for, the very things, thou dost practise, who art judging:

Lo! I, send you forth as sheep amidst wolves; become ye therefore—prudent, as serpents, and simple, as doves.

And, you, may the Lord cause to abound and excel in your love one toward another, and toward all,—even as, we, do toward you:To the end he may confirms your hearts, faultless in holiness, before our God and Father, in the Presence of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

I exhort, therefore, first of all, that there be made—supplications, prayers, intercessions, thankgivings, in behalf of all men,In behalf of kings, and all them who are, in eminent station; in order that, an undisturbed, and quiet life, we may lead, in all godliness and gravity:

For, he that desireth to love, life, and to see good days, Let him cause his tongue to cease from mischief, and lips, that they speak not deceit;Let him turn away from mischief, and do good, Let him seek peace, and pursue it;

Now, to whom ye forgive anything, I, also; for, I also, what I have forgiven, if, anything, I have forgiven, for your sake, in the person of Christ, have I forgiven it .Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.

I say unto you—Thus, joy in heaven, will there be, over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who indeed have, no need, of repentance.

And, answering, the king will say unto them: Verily, I say unto you—Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me, ye did it.

We are bound, however, we, who are strong, the weakness of them who are not strong to be bearing, and not, unto ourselves, to give pleasure.Let, each one of us, unto his neighbour give pleasure—for what is good unto upbuilding;

For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are dignified, whatsoever things are righteous, whatsoever things are chaste, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report,—if there be any virtue, and if any praise, the same, be taking into account;

Your love, be without hypocrisy,—loathing that which is wicked, cleaving to that which is good;

And, he, answering, said—Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, out of all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thine intention; and thy neighbour, as thyself?

Let, all your affairs, in love, be carried on.

If then, I, have washed your feet,— I The Lord, and, The Teacher, ye also, ought to wash, one another’s, feet;For, an example, have I given you,—that, just as, I, did unto you, ye also, should be doing.

In like manner, let your light shine before men,—that they may see your good works,—and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

In like manner, ye younger men—submit yourselves unto elders;—All, however, one towards another, gird on humility; because, God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.Be made lowly, therefore, under the strong hand of God, that he may lift, you, up in due time,—

Let brotherly love continue.Of the entertaining of strangers, be not forgetful, for, hereby, unawares, have some entertained, messengers.

For, the whole law, in one word, is summed up— namely in this,—Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.

Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:

Finally, brethren, farewell! Be getting restored, be taking encouragement, be of one mind, live in peace,—and, the God of love and peace, will be with you.

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?—According as it is written—For thy sake, are we being put to death all the day long, we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.—Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquering through him that hath loved us.

Do not say, I will requite wrong! Wait thou for Yahweh that he may save thee.

My dear children! these things, am I writing unto you, in order that ye may not be committing sin. And, if anyone should commit sin, an Advocate, have we, with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous;

Happy, they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for, they, shall be filled:

Or know ye not that, your body, is, a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own;—For ye have been bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.

Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:

Brethren! I, as to myself, reckon that I have, not yet, laid hold; one thing, however,—the things behind, forgetting, and, unto the things before, eagerly reaching out,With the goal in view, I press on for the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.

We know, further, that, unto them who love God, God causeth all things to work together for good,—unto them who, according to purpose, are such as he hath called;

With Christ, have I been crucified; and, living no longer, am, I, but, living in me, is, Christ,—while, so far as I now do live in flesh, by faith, I live—The faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up in my behalf.

For, the judgment, will be without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.

saying—Father! if thou please, bear aside this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be accomplished.

Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us,Looking away unto our faith’s Princely-leader and perfecter, Jesus,—who, in consideration of the joy lying before him, endured a cross, shame, despising! And, on the right hand of the throne of God, hath taken his seat.

Be not deceiving yourselves,—evil communications corrupt gentle manners:—

What then shall we say? are we still to continue in sin that favour may abound?Far be it! we who have died unto sin, how, any longer, shall we live therein?

Being persuaded of this very thing—that, he who hath begun in you a good work, will perfect it, until the day of Jesus Christ;

In order that he may give unto you—according to his glorious riches, with power, to be strengthened, through his Spirit, in the inner man,That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,

Ye, therefore, shall become, perfect: as, your heavenly Father, is perfect.

Which of these three, seemeth unto thee to have become, neighbour, unto him who fell among the robbers?And, he, said—He who dealt mercifully with him. And Jesus said unto him—Be taking thy journey, and, thou, be doing, in like manner.

Him who knew not sin, in our behalf, he made to be, sin, that we might become God’s righteousness in him.

Ye, are the salt of the earth; but, if the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? it is good, for nothing, any more, save, being cast out, to be trampled on by men.Ye, are the light of the world: it is impossible for a city to be hid, on the top of a mountain, lying.

Because, out of his fulness, we all, received, even favour over against favour.

The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:Henceforth, lieth by for me—the crown, of righteousness, which the Lord will render unto me in that, day,—The righteous judge,—Ye, not alone unto me, but unto all them also who have loved his forthshining.

And, this, is the boldness which we have towards him: that, if, anything, we ask, according to his will, He doth hearken unto us.And, if we know that he doth hearken unto us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the things asked, which we have asked of him,

A Melody of David. Yahweh, is my shepherd—I shall not want:In pastures of tender grass, he maketh me lie down, Unto restful waters, he leadeth me;My life, he restoreth, He guideth me in right paths, for the sake of his Name.

Having purified, your souls, by the obedience of the truth, unto unfeigned brotherly affection, from the heart, love, one another, earnestly;

Giving diligence to keep—the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting-bond of peace,—

But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,—and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

For it is, God, who energiseth within you, both the desiring and the energising, in behalf of his good pleasure.

But, the Lord Christ, hallow ye in your hearts, ready always for a defence, unto every one that is asking you a reason concerning, the hope within you,—nevertheless, with meekness and reverence:

And lo! they were bringing unto him a paralytic, on a couch, laid prostrate; and Jesus, seeing, their faith, said to the paralytic,—Take courage! child, forgiven are thy sins.

God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.

So as to walk worthily of the Lord, unto all pleasing, in every good work, bearing fruit, and growing in the personal knowledge of God,

Happy, the destitute, in spirit; for, theirs, is the kingdom of the heavens;

Hence, our faith, cometh by something heard, and, that which is heard, through a declaration of Christ.

We know that, whosoever hath been born of God, is not committing sin,—Nay, he that hath been born of God, He keepeth him, and, the wicked one, doth not touch him.

For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord,—as children of light, be walking,For, the fruit of the light, is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,—

And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance.And, our endurance, a testing, and, our testing, hope,

But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;

And, my God, will fill up your every need, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Peace, I leave with you, My own peace, give, I, unto you,—Not as, the world, giveth, give, I, unto you:—Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Near is Yahweh, to the broken in heart, And, the crushed in spirit, will he save.

A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, saying , Prosper! Prosper! Because in thee, hath he been led to trust.

Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.

For, all, have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;

But I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,—that, the same thing, ye, all, be saying, and that there be not, among you, divisions; but that ye be fitly joined together—in the same mind, and in the same judgment.