16 Bible Verses about People Forgiving Others

He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

is not injurious, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil,

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover a multitude of sins.

The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

And set us free from our debts, as we set free our debtors.

And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Then his lord, after he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all that debt because thou didst beseech me;

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

Keep thyself that there not be a thought of Belial in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother to give him nothing; for he shall cry unto the LORD against thee, and it shall be a sin unto thee.

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the beginning of the seventh year, in the appointed time of the year of release, in the feast of the tabernacles,

Then the lord of that slave was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt.

And when they had nothing to pay, he released them both from their debt. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also; for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it in the person of Christ,

but if ye do not set men free from their trespasses, neither will your Father set you free from your trespasses.

For if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.