37 Bible Verses about Forgiving Others Who Hurt You

"For if you forgive men their offenses against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;

"but if you do not forgive men your offenses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your offenses.

bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as Christ the Lord forgave you, so must you forgive.

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

If you forgive the man, I forgive him, too; for whatever I have forgiven has been forgiven in the presence of Christ,

"leave there your gift before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother, first of all; then come and offer your gift.

Just then Peter came to him, and asked him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"

"And if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times a day turns to you saying 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

And whenever you stand up to pray, forgive, if you have anything against any one, that so your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,

In what respect, then, were you inferior to the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

"I do not tell you 'till seven times,'" answered Jesus, "but till seventy times seven.

"For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you?

"So will my heavenly Father do to you also, unless from your heart each one of you forgive his brother."

"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."

"If your brother sins against you, go and show him, between yourself and him alone. If he listens, you have won your brother.

But if we confess our sins, faithful is he and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all wrong-doing.

"Therefore I tell you that every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.

"But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.

For I will have mercy upon their wrong-doings, And their sins I will remember no more."

Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

"So then the master pitied his slave, and let him go, and forgave him his debt.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,

"If therefore when you are offering your gift upon the altar, and there remember that your brother has a grievance against you,

"But I say to you who are my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

"But I tell you not to retaliate the injury; but whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also;

Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper;

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

Alexander, the coppersmith, manifested bitter hostility toward me. The Lord will requite him according to his works.

On the contrary, therefore, If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Yet who will harm you if you become zealous for the good?

What then is my wage? This, that I can make the gospel free where I carry it; and that I can refrain from using my rights as a preacher of the gospel.

Every one who is hating his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

It knows how to be silent, it is trustful, hopeful, patient, enduring.