10 Bible Verses about Forbearance
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Whom God hath set forth as a propitiatory covering, through faith in his blood, for a showing forth of his righteousness, by reason of the passing-by of the previously committed sins,
All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.
With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,
Ye have heard, that it was said, - Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But, I, tell you, not to resist evil, - Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also; And, him who is desiring thee to be judged, and to take, thy tunic, let him have, thy mantle also.read more.
And, whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two:
And, in the fourth generation, shall they return hither, - for not complete, is the iniquity of the Amorites, as yet,
For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee, - So as not to cut thee off.
For, first of all, - when ye come together in assembly, I hear that divisions among you exist, - and, in part, I believe it; For there must needs be, even parties among you, that, the approved, themselvesmay become manifest among you.
Now, if anyone hath caused grief, not unto me hath he caused grief, but - that I may not bear too heavily - unto you all. Sufficient, unto such a one, the punishment itself which was inflicted by the many; So that, on the contrary, ye should forgive and encourage, lest, by any means, by his excessive grief, such a one should be swallowed up.read more.
Wherefore, I beseech you, assure him, of love; For, to this end, I also wrote, - that I might know the proof of you, whether, in all things, ye are obedient. Now, to whom ye forgive anything, I, also; for, I also, what I have forgiven, if, anything, I have forgiven, for your sake, in the person of Christ, have I forgiven it . Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.
Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another - if any, against any, have a complaint, - according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;
From Thematic Bible
Forbearance » Divine
Whom God hath set forth as a propitiatory covering, through faith in his blood, for a showing forth of his righteousness, by reason of the passing-by of the previously committed sins,
And was not, I, to spare Nineveh, the great city, - wherein are more than twelve times ten thousand human beings, who cannot discern between their right hand and their left, besides much cattle?
Whereas, regarding Israel, he saith - All day long, have I stretched forth my hands unto a people unyielding and contradicting.
And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak only this once, Peradventure there may be found there - ten. And he said, I will not destroy it , for the sake of the ten!
And thou didst suffer many years to pass over them, and didst testify against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets, yet did they not give ear, - therefore didst thou deliver them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Forbearance » Encouraged
And ye masters, the same things, be doing towards them, forbearing your threat - knowing that, both their and your Master, is in the heavens, and, respect of persons, there is none, with him.
Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another - if any, against any, have a complaint, - according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;
All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.
With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,
Forgiveness of injuries » Should be accompanied by » Forbearance
Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another - if any, against any, have a complaint, - according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;
Topics on Forbearance
Forbearance Of God
Genesis 15:16And, in the fourth generation, shall they return hither, - for not complete, is the iniquity of the Amorites, as yet,