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Unforgiveness

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture Reference · NKJV

Unforgiveness

25 verses15 books5 themes

Unforgiveness

Understanding the biblical perspective on unforgiveness and its impact.

This study explores the concept of unforgiveness, its consequences, and the path to freedom through biblical teachings.

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Summary by Book

Old Testament

Proverbs

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Proverbs 17:9
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He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends.

Proverbs 28:13
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He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

2 Chronicles

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2 Chronicles 7:14
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If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 30:9b
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For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.

Psalm

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Psalm 86:5
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For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Psalm 32:5
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I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Micah

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Micah 7:18
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Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.

Joel

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Joel 2:13
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So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.

Isaiah

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Isaiah 55:7
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Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

New Testament

Ephesians

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Ephesians 4:32
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And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 1:7
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In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

Matthew

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Matthew 6:14
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For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 18:21-22
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Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”

Matthew 6:12
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And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.

Matthew 6:15
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But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Colossians

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Colossians 3:13
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Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.

Luke

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Luke 6:37
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Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Luke 17:3b-4
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If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.

Mark

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Mark 11:25
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And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

Acts

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Acts 13:38-39
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Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Acts 3:19
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Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.

Acts 2:38
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Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

1 John

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1 John 2:2
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And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

Hebrews

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Hebrews 8:12
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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.

James

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James 5:14-15
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Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Thematic Index

Divine Forgiveness

Human Forgiveness

Confession and Repentance

Consequences of Unforgiveness

The Call to Forgive

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.