What Does the Bible Say About Forgive But Not Forget?

Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. ...

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Jeremiah 31:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Romans 5:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Luke 7:47 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

Matthew 18:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

Matthew 18:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.

Matthew 18:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Matthew 18:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Psalm 40:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.

15 Bible Verses about Forgive But Not Forget

Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 31:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 5:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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15 Bible Verses about Forgive But Not Forget

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Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 31:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 5:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 7:47 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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