FORGIVENESS

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• Genesis 33:4

  Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

• Genesis 33:11

  Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.

• Genesis 45:5

  Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

• Genesis 45:6

  For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest.

• Genesis 45:7

  God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

• Genesis 45:8

  So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

• Genesis 45:9

  Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait.

• Genesis 45:10

  You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

• Genesis 45:11

  There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.”’

• Genesis 45:12

  Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

• Genesis 45:13

  You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here.”

• Genesis 45:14

  He fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

• Genesis 45:15

  He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.

• Genesis 50:19

  Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

• Genesis 50:20

  As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is today, to save many people alive.

• Genesis 50:21

  Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

• Exodus 23:4

  “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

• Exodus 23:5

  If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

• Numbers 12:1

  Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

• Numbers 12:2

  They said, “Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn’t he spoken also with us?” And Yahweh heard it.

• Numbers 12:3

  Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

• Numbers 12:4

  Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!” The three of them came out.

• Numbers 12:5

  Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.

• Numbers 12:6

  He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

• Numbers 12:7

  My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

• Numbers 12:8

  With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

• Numbers 12:9

  Yahweh’s anger burned against them; and he departed.

• Numbers 12:10

  The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.

• Numbers 12:11

  Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please don’t count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.

• Numbers 12:12

  Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

• Numbers 12:13

  Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “Heal her, God, I beg you!”

• 1 Samuel 24:10

  Behold, today your eyes have seen how Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not stretch out my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh’s anointed.

• 1 Samuel 24:11

  Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.

• 1 Samuel 24:12

  May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

• 1 Samuel 26:9

  David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

• 1 Samuel 26:23

  Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed.

• 2 Samuel 1:14

  David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”

• 2 Samuel 1:15

  David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.

• 2 Samuel 1:16

  David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’”

• 2 Samuel 1:17

  David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

• 2 Samuel 16:9

  Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”

• 2 Samuel 16:10

  The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David;’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

• 2 Samuel 16:11

  David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.

• 2 Samuel 16:12

  It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”

• 2 Samuel 16:13

  So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.

• 2 Samuel 19:23

  The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” The king swore to him.

• 1 Kings 1:53

  So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

• 1 Kings 2:8

  “Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

• 1 Kings 2:9

  Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”

• 1 Kings 13:3

  He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.”

• 1 Kings 13:4

  When the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.

• 1 Kings 13:5

  The altar was also split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by Yahweh’s word.

• 1 Kings 13:6

  The king answered the man of God, “Now intercede for the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.” The man of God interceded with Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.

• Proverbs 19:11

  The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

• Proverbs 24:17

  Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

• Proverbs 24:29

  Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

• Proverbs 25:21

  If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

• Proverbs 25:22

  for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

• Ecclesiastes 7:21

  Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

• Matthew 5:7

  Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

• Matthew 5:39

  But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

• Matthew 5:40

  If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.

• Matthew 5:41

  Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

• Matthew 5:43

  “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

• Matthew 5:44

  But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

• Matthew 5:45

  that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

• Matthew 5:46

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

• Matthew 5:47

  If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

• Matthew 5:48

  Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

• Matthew 6:12

  Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

• Matthew 6:14

  “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

• Matthew 6:15

  But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

• Matthew 18:21

  Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

• Matthew 18:22

  Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

• Matthew 18:23

  Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

• Matthew 18:24

  When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

• Matthew 18:25

  But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

• Matthew 18:26

  The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

• Matthew 18:27

  The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

• Matthew 18:28

  “But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

• Matthew 18:29

  “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’

• Matthew 18:30

  He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

• Matthew 18:31

  So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.

• Matthew 18:32

  Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

• Matthew 18:33

  Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

• Matthew 18:34

  His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

• Matthew 18:35

  So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

• Mark 11:25

  Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

• Mark 11:26

  But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”

• Luke 6:27

  “But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

• Luke 6:28

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

• Luke 6:29

  To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don’t withhold your coat also.

• Luke 6:30

  Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

• Luke 6:31

  “As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

• Luke 6:32

  If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

• Luke 6:33

  If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

• Luke 6:34

  If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

• Luke 6:35

  But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

• Luke 6:36

  “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

• Luke 6:37

  Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

• Luke 11:4

  Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”

• Luke 17:3

  Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

• Luke 17:4

  If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

• Luke 23:34

  Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

• Romans 12:14

  Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

• Romans 12:17

  Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

• Romans 12:19

  Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

• Romans 12:20

  Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

• Romans 12:21

  Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

• 1 Corinthians 4:12

  We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

• 1 Corinthians 4:13

  Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

• Ephesians 4:32

  And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

• Colossians 3:13

  bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

• Philemon 1:10

  I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

• Philemon 1:11

  who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

• Philemon 1:12

  I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

• Philemon 1:13

  whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

• Philemon 1:14

  But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

• Philemon 1:15

  For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

• Philemon 1:16

  no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

• Philemon 1:17

  If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

• Philemon 1:18

  But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

• 1 Peter 3:9

  not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.