Topics

Forgiveness of Enemies Exodus 23:4, 5

If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him. / If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Proverbs 19:11

A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Proverbs 24:17, 29

Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles, / Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Proverbs 25:21, 22

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. / For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Ecclesiastes 7:21

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Matthew 5:7, 39–41, 43–48

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. / But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; / and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Matthew 6:12, 14, 15

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. / For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. / But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Matthew 18:21–35

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?” / Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times! / Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Mark 11:25, 26

And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.” / 0

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Luke 6:27–37

But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, / bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. / If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Luke 11:4

And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Luke 17:3, 4

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. / Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Romans 12:14, 17, 19–21

Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. / Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. / Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies 1 Corinthians 4:12, 13

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; / when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Colossians 3:13

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies Philemon 1:10–18

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains. / Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me. / I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

Open passage

Forgiveness of Enemies 1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Open passage

Sincerity: Forgiveness of Enemies Must be Sincere Matthew 18:35

That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

Open passage