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Forgiving One Another

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Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Luke 17:3–4

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:37

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

Colossians 3:13

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Matthew 18:21–35

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →

Mark 11:25

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

Colossians 3:12–13

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

Luke 6:27

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Ephesians 4:26

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

Matthew 18:21–22

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:14

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Proverbs 25:21–22

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:8

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Matthew 6:12

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

Matthew 5:21–24

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’ — read the full passage →

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Matthew 6:15

But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Psalms 103:12

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Acts 7:59–60

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” — read the full passage →

John 13:34–35

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

Mark 11:25–27

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:14–15

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

1 Peter 3:7

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

Matthew 22:39

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 18:15–17

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:19

Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

James 5:15

and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Matthew 5:32

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Ephesians 1:7

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

2 Corinthians 6:14

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Micah 7:18–19

Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. — read the full passage →

Psalms 43:1–5

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 2:10–11

Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, — read the full passage →

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 4:31–32

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

Malachi 3:10

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

Proverbs 20:30

Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

Luke 15:11–32

He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →

Acts 3:19

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

Nehemiah 9:17

and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

2 Chronicles 7:14

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Proverbs 17:9

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

Matthew 5:23–24

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 2:10

Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

2 Corinthians 2:1–17

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 10:17

“I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”

Philippians 4:16

For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

Luke 23:33–34

When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. — read the full passage →

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

Jeremiah 31:34

and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

Psalms 86:5

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

Luke 11:4

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”

Daniel 1:1–21

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it. — read the full passage →

James 5:16

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Romans 12:20

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.”

Acts 17:30

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

Luke 4:34

saying, “Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Psalms 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

James 5:14–15

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, — read the full passage →

Colossians 1:13–14

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →

Romans 3:23

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

Luke 17:4

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

Luke 17:3

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Matthew 26:28

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

Matthew 6:9–15

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 1:1–17

The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Beloved — read the full passage →

1 John 2:2

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

John 8:7

But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”

Mark 15:23

They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

1 John 2:12

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

2 Corinthians 6:6

in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

2 Corinthians 5:19

namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Luke 7:47

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 2:5–8

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all. — read the full passage →

Acts 13:38–39

Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins, — read the full passage →

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