Bible Verses About Forgiveness in Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for forgiveness in marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,293 votes, led by Ephesians 4:32. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Forgiveness in Marriage
Ephesians 4:32239 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
1 Peter 3:7195 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Matthew 6:14-15191 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
1 Corinthians 7:10-11163 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Colossians 3:13140 votes
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Romans 12:19-21114 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Mark 11:25105 votes
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.
Titus 2:1-1585 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
John 20:2382 votes
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Genesis 2:2479 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
John 8:3-1171 votes
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
1 Peter 4:861 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Matthew 5:3260 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Proverbs 3:557 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Matthew 19:851 votes
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Luke 6:3650 votes
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Philippians 4:850 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 John 1:941 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Ephesians 1:738 votes
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Matthew 18:21-2237 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Matthew 6:1-3436 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
John 3:16-1734 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
2 Corinthians 5:1733 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Ephesians 4:31-3233 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
2 Corinthians 7:10-1532 votes
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
What does the Bible say about forgiveness in marriage?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:32 on the subject of forgiveness in marriage. Across 3,293 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:7, Matthew 6:14-15, 1 Corinthians 7:10-11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.