Bible Verses About Holding Grudges
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for holding grudges, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 15,019 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 Holding Grudges
Ephesians 4:31-321,167 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Matthew 6:14-15810 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Romans 12:17-21577 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Mark 11:25517 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 4:32499 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Leviticus 19:18456 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.
Ephesians 4:26328 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
James 1:19-20325 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Luke 17:3-4314 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Proverbs 19:11279 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Ephesians 4:31260 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Romans 12:19233 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.
Proverbs 15:1231 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Colossians 3:13227 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.
Matthew 7:1-5226 votes
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Matthew 18:21-22183 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 1:9170 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Proverbs 10:12169 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Ephesians 4:26-27164 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Colossians 3:12-14158 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
John 13:34-35142 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Romans 14:10-12142 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.
Matthew 5:7128 votes
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Colossians 3:5-10123 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
James 1:1-27116 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
What does the Bible say about holding grudges?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:31-32 on the subject of holding grudges. Across 15,019 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:14-15, Romans 12:17-21, Mark 11:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.