Bible Verses about “forgiving your enemies”
The Bible contains 29 verses about forgiving your enemies across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“‹For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:›”
“‹But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.›”
“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
“¶ ‹Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.›”
“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.”
“‹But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;›”
“Neither give place to the devil.”
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”
“‹Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.›”
“‹That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.›”
“¶ ‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.›”
“‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›”
“¶ ‹But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,›”
“‹For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?›”
“‹And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more› [than others]? ‹do not even the publicans so?›”
“‹And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.›”
“¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?”
“Jesus saith unto him, ‹I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.›”
“‹Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.›”
“‹And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.›”
“¶ The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.”
“Then said Jesus, ‹Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.› And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.”