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Forgiveness is a command. It is God’s divine mercy for human hearts that are so prone to turn hurt into hate.

Forgiveness releases our need for retaliation, not our need for boundaries. Forgiveness doesn’t always fix relationships, but it does mend the hurting heart.

Verses

  • Psalm 32:1: How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!

  • Proverbs 17:9: The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • Proverbs 10:12: Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

  • Colossians 3:13: bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

  • Psalm 86:5: Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

  • Romans 4:7-8: "Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin."

  • Romans 12:9: Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

  • Romans 12:10: Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

  • Romans 12:11: Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

  • Romans 12:12: Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

  • Romans 12:13: Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.

  • Romans 12:14: Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.

  • Romans 12:15: Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

  • Romans 12:16: Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

  • Romans 12:17: Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

  • Romans 12:18: If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.

  • Romans 12:19: Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God's wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

  • Romans 12:20: Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

  • Romans 12:21: Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

  • Ephesians 4:29: You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

  • Ephesians 4:31: You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

  • Ephesians 4:32: Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

  • James 1:19-20: Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.

  • James 4:10-11: Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • Hebrews 12:14-15: Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

  • Matthew 5:7-9: "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.

  • Matthew 6:9: So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,

  • Matthew 6:10: may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

  • Matthew 6:11: Give us today our daily bread,

  • Matthew 6:12: and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.

  • Matthew 6:13: And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

  • Matthew 6:14: "For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

  • Matthew 6:15: But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

  • Matthew 18:21-22: Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!

  • Mark 11:25: Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

  • Luke 6:37: "Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • Luke 17:3-4: Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

  • 1 John 1:9: But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

  • 1 Peter 2:21-23: For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps. He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

  • Psalm 147:3: He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

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Created on Mar 14, 2021.

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