Holding Grudges

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

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

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

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

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. — read the full passage →

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: — read the full passage →

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. — read the full passage →

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

A fool’s vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. — read the full passage →

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved. — read the full passage →

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

See that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; — read the full passage →

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. — read the full passage →

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times?

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. — read the full passage →

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: — read the full passage →

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. — read the full passage →

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.