Bible Verses About Unforgiveness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for unforgiveness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,757 votes, led by Mark 11:25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Unforgiveness
Mark 11:25434 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 6:14-15404 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Ephesians 4:32293 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:26-27257 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
1 John 1:9180 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Matthew 6:12168 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 18:21-35168 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
2 Corinthians 2:10-11161 votes
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
Proverbs 24:17158 votes
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Hebrews 12:14145 votes
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Colossians 3:12-13135 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Colossians 3:13134 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.
James 1:19-20128 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Ephesians 4:31-32111 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
1 John 4:2099 votes
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
2 Peter 1:994 votes
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Luke 6:3791 votes
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Matthew 18:21-2289 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Romans 12:1987 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.
Ephesians 4:2985 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 1:784 votes
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Matthew 5:23-2482 votes
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Hebrews 12:1581 votes
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
James 5:1667 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Isaiah 1:1863 votes
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
What does the Bible say about unforgiveness?
Readers most often cite Mark 11:25 on the subject of unforgiveness. Across 6,757 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:14-15, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 4:26-27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.