Bible Verses About Grudges
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for grudges, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,296 votes, led by Ephesians 4:31-32. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Grudges
Ephesians 4:31-32373 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Leviticus 19:18215 votes
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Matthew 6:14-15209 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Ephesians 4:32118 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Romans 12:17-21108 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Mark 11:2593 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.
1 Corinthians 13:4-879 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Ephesians 4:2677 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Proverbs 10:1269 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Luke 6:3165 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Luke 17:3-459 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Galatians 5:16-2647 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Proverbs 19:1144 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
James 4:138 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Proverbs 24:2937 votes
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Ephesians 4:3133 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
1 John 4:1133 votes
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
Titus 3:331 votes
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Romans 12:230 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ephesians 4:26-2728 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Romans 14:10-1227 votes
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Proverbs 20:2225 votes
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs 16:2824 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 15:122 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Matthew 5:43-4821 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
What does the Bible say about grudges?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:31-32 on the subject of grudges. Across 2,296 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 6:14-15, Ephesians 4:32. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.