FORGIVENESS


Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

GEN 33:4  But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms 
around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

11  Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been 
gracious to me and I have all I need." And because Jacob insisted, Esau 
accepted it.

45:5  And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for 
selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of 
you.

6  For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next 
five years there will not be plowing and reaping.

7  But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and 
to save your lives by a great deliverance.

8  "So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to 
Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.

9  Now hurry back to my father and say to him, 'This is what your son 
Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don't 
delay.

10  You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me--you, your 
children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.

11  I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to 
come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will 
become destitute.'

12  "You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is 
really I who am speaking to you.

13  Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about 
everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly."

14  Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and 
Benjamin embraced him, weeping.

15  And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his 
brothers talked with him.

50:19  But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

20  You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish 
what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

21  So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children." 
And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.

EXO 23:4  "If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be 
sure to take it back to him.

5  If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its 
load, do not leave it there; be sure you help him with it.

NUM 12:1  Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his 
Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.

2  "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses?" they asked. "Hasn't he also 
spoken through us?" And the LORD heard this.

3  (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the 
face of the earth.)

4  At once the LORD said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, "Come out to the Tent 
of Meeting, all three of you." So the three of them came out.

5  Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance 
to the Tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them stepped 
forward,

6  he said, "Listen to my words: "When a prophet of the LORD is among you, 
I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams.

7  But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my 
house.

8  With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the 
form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant 
Moses?"

9  The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he left them.

10  When the cloud lifted from above the Tent, there stood Miriam--leprous, 
like snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had leprosy;

11  and he said to Moses, "Please, my lord, do not hold against us the sin 
we have so foolishly committed.

12  Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother's womb 
with its flesh half eaten away."

13  So Moses cried out to the LORD, "O God, please heal her!"

1SA 24:10  This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered 
you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; 
I said, 'I will not lift my hand against my master, because he is the 
LORD'S anointed.'

11  See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off 
the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Now understand and recognize 
that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, 
but you are hunting me down to take my life.

12  May the LORD judge between you and me. And may the LORD avenge the 
wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you.

26:9  But David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him! Who can lay a hand on 
the LORD'S anointed and be guiltless?

23  The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. The 
LORD delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the 
LORD'S anointed.

2SA 1:14  David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to 
destroy the LORD'S anointed?"

15  Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he 
struck him down, and he died.

16  For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own 
mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the LORD'S anointed.'"

17  David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,

16:9  Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead 
dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head."

10  But the king said, "What do you and I have in common, you sons of 
Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the LORD said to him, 'Curse David,' who 
can ask, 'Why do you do this?'"

11  David then said to Abishai and all his officials, "My son, who is of my 
own flesh, is trying to take my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! 
Leave him alone; let him curse, for the LORD has told him to.

12  It may be that the LORD will see my distress and repay me with good for 
the cursing I am receiving today."

13  So David and his men continued along the road while Shimei was going 
along the hillside opposite him, cursing as he went and throwing stones at 
him and showering him with dirt.

19:23  So the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king 
promised him on oath.

1KI 1:53  Then King Solomon sent men, and they brought him down from the 
altar. And Adonijah came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon said, 
"Go to your home."

2:8  "And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite 
from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to 
Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the 
LORD: 'I will not put you to death by the sword.'

9  But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will 
know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood."

13:3  That same day the man of God gave a sign: "This is the sign the LORD 
has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be 
poured out."

4  When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar 
at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" 
But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could 
not pull it back.

5  Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to 
the sign given by the man of God by the word of the LORD.

6  Then the king said to the man of God, "Intercede with the LORD your God 
and pray for me that my hand may be restored." So the man of God interceded 
with the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and became as it was 
before.

PRO 19:11  A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to 
overlook an offense.

24:17  Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let 
your heart rejoice,

29  Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man 
back for what he did."

25:21  If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, 
give him water to drink.

22  In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD 
will reward you.

ECC 7:21  Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear 
your servant cursing you--

MAT 5:7  Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

39  But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on 
the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40  And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your 
cloak as well.

41  If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

43  "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your 
enemy.'

44  But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

45  that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to 
rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the 
unrighteous.

46  If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even 
the tax collectors doing that?

6:12  Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

14  For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father 
will also forgive you.

15  But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive 
your sins.

18:21  Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I 
forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"

22  Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

23  "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle 
accounts with his servants.

24  As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was 
brought to him.

25  Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife 
and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

26  "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he 
begged, 'and I will pay back everything.'

27  The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him 
go.

28  "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants 
who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay 
back what you owe me!' he demanded.

29  "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with 
me, and I will pay you back.'

30  "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into 
prison until he could pay the debt.

31  When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly 
distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.

32  "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 
'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.

33  Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on 
you?'

34  In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, 
until he should pay back all he owed.

35  "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you 
forgive your brother from your heart."

MAR 11:25  And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, 
forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."

LUK 6:35  But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without 
expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you 
will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and 
wicked.

36  Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

37  "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will 
not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

17:3  So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he 
repents, forgive him.

4  If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back 
to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."

23:34  Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they 
are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

ROM 12:14  Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

17  Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in 
the eyes of everybody.

19  Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it 
is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.

20  On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, 
give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on 
his head."

21  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1CO 4:12  We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; 
when we are persecuted, we endure it;

13  when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have 
become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

EPH 4:32  Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, 
just as in Christ God forgave you.

COL 3:13  Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have 
against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

PHM 1:10  I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I 
was in chains.

1PE 3:9  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with 
blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a 
blessing.

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