What Does the Bible Say About Forgiving Evil?

Proverbs 27:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Revelation 21:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

2 Peter 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

Ephesians 3:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Galatians 3:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

2 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Romans 8:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 5:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

John 10:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

John 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

John 1:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

Luke 23:43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Revelation 7:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Peter 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

James 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 12:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Colossians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

Ephesians 5:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—

Amos 4:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’ The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. And you shall go out through the breaches, each one straight ahead; and you shall be cast out into Harmon,” declares the Lord. “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God. ...

Amos 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom. So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the Lord. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.” ...

Song of Solomon 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.

Psalm 147:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. ...

Psalm 25:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

Psalm 17:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

2 Samuel 23:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?

33 Bible Verses about Forgiving Evil

Proverbs 27:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 21:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 1:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 3:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 5:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 10:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 7:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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James 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 4:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 147:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 25:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 17:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Samuel 23:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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33 Bible Verses about Forgiving Evil

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Proverbs 27:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 21:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 1:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 3:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 5:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 10:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 7:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 4:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 147:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 25:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 17:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Samuel 23:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes