37 Bible Verses about Forgiving Others Who Hurt You

For, if you forgive others their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;

But, if you do not forgive others their offences, not even your Father will forgive your offences.

Bearing with one another, and, when there is any ground for complaint, forgiving one another freely. As the Master freely forgave you, so you must forgive one another.

Bless those who curse you, pray for those who insult you.

When you forgive a man anything, I forgive him, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,

Leave your gift there, before the altar, go and be reconciled to your brother, first, then come and present your gift.

Then Peter came up, and said to Jesus: "Master, how often am I to forgive my Brother when he wrongs me? As many as seven times?"

Even if he wrongs you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

And, whenever you stand up to pray, forgive any grievance that you have against any one, that your Father who is in Heaven also may forgive you your offenses."

Rejoice with those who are rejoicing, and weep with those who are weeping.

[Then Jesus said: "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing."] His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.

In what respect, I ask, were you treated worse than the other Churches, unless it was that, for my part, I refused to become a burden to you? Forgive me the wrong I thus did you!

But Jesus answered: "Not seven times, but 'seventy times seven.'

For, if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax-gatherers do this!

So, also, will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each one of you forgives his Brother from his heart."

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.'"

If your Brother does wrong, go to him and convince him of his fault when you and he are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your Brother.

If we confess our sins, God may be trusted, in his righteousness, to forgive us our sins and purify us from all wickedness.

Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven every sin and slander; but slander against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

I, however, say to you--Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

For I will be merciful to their wrong-doings, And I will no longer remember their sins."'

Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.

The master was moved with compassion; and he let him go, and forgave him the debt.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall find mercy.

Love is long-suffering, and kind; Love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;

Therefore, when presenting your gift at the altar, if even there you remember that your brother has some grievance against you,

To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.

I, however, say to you that you must not resist wrong; but, if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also;

Therefore, as God's People, consecrated and dear to him, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindliness, humility, gentleness, forbearance;

You have heard that it was said--'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

Alexander, the coppersmith, showed much ill-feeling towards me. 'The Lord will give him what his actions deserve.'

Rather--'If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him to drink. By doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head.'

But to you who hear I say--Love your enemies, show kindness to those who hate you,

Who, indeed, is there to harm you, if you prove yourselves to be eager for what is good?

What is my reward, then? To present the Good News free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.

Every one who hates his Brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has Immortal Life within him.

Love bears with all things, every trustful, ever hopeful, ever patient.