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What Does the Bible Say About Forgiving a Friend?

Here are 12 Bible verses about Forgiving a Friend, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Ephesians 4:32

    And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

    BSBBe kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

  2. #2Colossians 3:13

    Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

    BSBBear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

  3. #3Ephesians 4:31

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

    BSBGet rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

  4. #4Luke 6:37

    Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

    BSBDo not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  5. #5Mark 11:25

    And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

    BSBAnd when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

  6. #6Ephesians 4:26-27

    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.

    BSB“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, and do not give the devil a foothold.

  7. #7Proverbs 15:1

    A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

    BSBA gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

  8. #8Luke 6:27

    But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

    BSBBut to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

  9. #91 Peter 3:9

    Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

    BSBDo not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

  10. #10Matthew 6:14-15

    For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

    BSBFor if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

  11. #111 John 1:9

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

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

  12. #12Proverbs 15:18

    A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

    BSBA hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

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