Bible Verses About Forgiving a Friend
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for forgiving a friend, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 649 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 Forgiving a Friend
Ephesians 4:32136 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Colossians 3:1388 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.
Ephesians 4:3155 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Luke 6:3749 votes
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Mark 11:2548 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.
Ephesians 4:26-2739 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Proverbs 15:133 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Luke 6:2731 votes
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
1 Peter 3:930 votes
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Matthew 6:14-1524 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
1 John 1:921 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Proverbs 15:1819 votes
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 17:1714 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 31:2614 votes
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Matthew 5:4414 votes
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Psalms 23:1-612 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Matthew 18:21-2212 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 6:1410 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
What does the Bible say about forgiving a friend?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:32 on the subject of forgiving a friend. Across 649 votes, 18 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:31, Luke 6:37. This page lists all 18 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.