150 Bible verses about Forgiving Enemies

but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens;but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you -- so also ye;

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?' Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water. For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

`Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons of God.

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

if any one may say -- `I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love? and this `is' the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil, rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth; all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance `is' Mine,

As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; but I -- I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord, looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you -- so also ye;

`Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory `is' to pass over transgression.

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

For Thou, Lord, `art' good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

the love to the neighbor doth work no ill; the love, therefore, `is' the fulness of law.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

And the all things `are' of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,how that God was in Christ -- a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us, even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'

so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

and labour, working with `our' own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

Gracious and merciful `is' Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness.

and the second `is' like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who `are' spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself -- lest thou also may be tempted;

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him `in' all things, who is the head -- the Christ;

but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth.

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which `is' good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which `is' evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

`Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land.

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now; he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not; and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps, who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth, who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man -- every one who is judging -- for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you, to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile; let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

And to whom ye forgive anything -- I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven `it', because of you -- in the person of Christ -- `I forgive it,'that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.

And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification,

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as `are' grave, as many as `are' righteous, as many as `are' pure, as many as `are' lovely, as many as `are' of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

let all your things be done in love.

if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- ye also ought to wash one another's feet. `For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

Let brotherly love remain; of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (according as it hath been written -- `For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,') but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand `is' toward God to do `it'.

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth -- to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh -- in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

for the judgment without kindness `is' to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me --; but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound? let it not be! we who died to the sin -- how shall we still live in it?

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform `it' till a day of Jesus Christ,

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man, that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who `is' in the heavens is perfect.

`Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?' and he said, `He who did the kindness with him,' then Jesus said to him, `Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.'

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men. `Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us, and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah `is' my shepherd, I do not lack,In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me. My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name's sake,

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And `be' ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that `is' in you, with meekness and fear;

and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

God `is' a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

`Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

so then the faith `is' by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye, for the fruit of the Spirit `is' in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

And not only `so', but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

Near `is' Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God --

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,