Bible Verses about “forgiving one another”
The Bible contains 44 verses about forgiving one another across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,”
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
“doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;”
“bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
“doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;”
“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.”
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”
“Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.”
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.”
“But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.”
“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.”
“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.”
“If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.”
“but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.”
“"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
“If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.”
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;”
“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.”
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
“"Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,”
“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.”
“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.”
“"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,”
“Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;”
“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.”
“Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"”
“Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.”
“Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.”
“If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."”
“"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'”
“So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."”
“Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.”
“When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.”
“But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.”
“The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'”
“The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.”
“"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'”
“He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.”
“So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.”
“Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.”
“Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'”
“His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.”
“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:”
“for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.”