Bible Verses About Forgiving Your Enemies
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for forgiving your enemies, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,483 votes, led by Romans 12:17-21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Forgiving Your Enemies
Romans 12:17-21457 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Matthew 5:44377 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;
Ephesians 4:32316 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:31-32281 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Luke 6:27272 votes
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Mark 11:25244 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.
Matthew 6:14-15226 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
John 15:12183 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Matthew 5:43-48173 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Matthew 18:21-22161 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
1 John 1:9145 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Luke 23:34141 votes
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Ephesians 4:26-27133 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Matthew 18:15123 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Colossians 3:13122 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.
Luke 17:3-4118 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Proverbs 19:11111 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Ephesians 4:31109 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Matthew 6:12103 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Romans 12:19101 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.
Luke 17:494 votes
And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Proverbs 10:1292 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Colossians 3:12-1488 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Matthew 6:1484 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Matthew 18:21-3559 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
What does the Bible say about forgiving your enemies?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:17-21 on the subject of forgiving your enemies. Across 6,483 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 5:44, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 4:31-32. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.