20 Bible Verses about Grudges

For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother. And Herodias hated him, and wished to kill him; and was not able;

And Jesus being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman having an alabaster box of myrrh, very valuable, came to Him and poured it on His head, while sitting at the table. And His disciples, seeing, were indignant, saying, For what was this waste?read more.
For this was able to be sold for much, and given to the poor.

And He being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, He sitting at the table, a woman came having an alabaster box of myrrh of spikenard estimated very valuable; and breaking the alabastar box, she poured it on His head. And there were certain ones indulging in indignation among themselves (and saying), For what was this loss of the myrrh? For this myrrh was able to be sold for more than three hundred denaria, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

Then Mary taking a pound of myrrh of spikenard, estimated very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the myrrh. Then Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one about to betray Him, says: Why was not this myrrh sold for three hundred denaria, and given to the poor?read more.
And He spoke this, not because there was a care to him for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and was carrying those things cast in.

And the high priest and all those being with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with rage,

And hearing these words, they were cut through their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.

and the daughter of Herodias herself, having come in and danced, and pleased Herod and those sitting with him; the king said to the damsel. Ask what you may wish, and I will give it to you. And he promised her, I will give you whatsoever you may ask, even unto the half of my kingdom. And having gone out, she said to her mother, What shall I ask And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

For within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, impurity, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, folly. All these evils proceed out from within, and defile the man.

For out of the heart proceed evil reasonings, murders, fornications, adulteries, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. These are the things which defile the man: but to eat bread with unwashed hands does not defile the man.

Returning to no one evil for evil; providing things beautiful in the sight of all men. If possible, so far as it is within your power, living in peace with all men; avenging not yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it has been written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.read more.
But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink: for doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head. Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome the evil with the good.

See that no one may return evil for evil to any one; but always pursue good toward one another, and toward all.

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you may not be consumed one of another.

for God is the one working in you both to will and to do, of his own good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputatious; in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

but you also lay aside all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, disgraceful talk out of your mouths:

But it does not behoove the servant of the Lord to strive, but to be gentle toward all, competent to teach, enduring evil,

But if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not boast, and lie against the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but it is earthly, intellectual, and demoniacal. For where there are envy and strife, there are contention and every evil work.

Therefore having laid aside all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all calumniations;

You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies with a divine love, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you: in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous.read more.
For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same. If you salute your brethren only, what do ye more abundantly? do not the heathens also the same thing?

Then Peter, coming to Him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? Jesus says to him, I say not unto thee, Until seven time; but Until seventy times seven. Therefore the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a kingly man, who wished to make a reckoning with his servants.read more.
And he beginning to reckon, one was brought to him owing him myriads of talents. And he not having wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all things so many as he had, and payment to be made. Then that servant falling down, continued to worship him, saying, Be patient with me, and I will pay you all. The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, sent him away, and forgave him the debt. And that servant having gone out, found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him one hundred denaria: seized him, throttled him, saying, Pay me what you owe me. Then his fellow-servant falling down, continued to intreat him, saying, Be patient with me and I will pay thee. And he was not willing: but having gone away he cast him into prison, until he could pay that which was owing. Then his fellow-servants seeing those things which had taken place, were grieved exceedingly, and coming related to their lord all the things which transpired. Then his lord calling him says to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, since thou didst intreat me: did it not behoove thee also to have mercy on thy fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee? And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormenters, until he should pay all that was due him. Thus my Heavenly Father will also do unto you, if you do not forgive each one his brother from your hearts.

forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any one may have a quarrel against any one; as Christ also forgave you, so indeed do you likewise: