Bible Verses about “holding a grudge”
Found 21 verses (ordered by relevance) about “holding a grudge” in the KJV version of the Bible
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“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.›”
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
“‹A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.›”
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”
“‹By this shall all› [men] ‹know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.›”
“¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”
“And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”
“¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.”
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.”
“‹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.”