43 Bible Verses about Forgiving Others Who Hurt You

“For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.

But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.

accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.

bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

If you forgive anyone, I do too. For what I have forgiven—if I have forgiven anything—it is for you in the presence of Christ.

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, He will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy you, after He has been good to you.”

So in what way were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I personally did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.

For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart.”

And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves also forgive everyone
in debt to us.
And do not bring us into temptation.”

“If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.

All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

Then the master of that slave had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.

The merciful are blessed,
for they will be shown mercy.

Love is patient, love is kind.
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,

So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

“And I say to you, My friends, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

“You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.

Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord because he fights the Lord’s battles. Throughout your life, may evil not be found in you.

You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.

But

If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

“But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you,

And who will harm you if you are deeply committed to what is good?

For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.

What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my authority in the gospel.

An offended brother is harder to reach
than a fortified city,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

“You must not steal. You must not act deceptively or lie to one another.

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

It bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.