Bible Facts that Help me forgive others

[jennifer_bloom]

These are some biblical facts that help me forgive when I don’t feel like doing it

Proverbs 20:22 - New International Version
Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the LORD, and he will avenge you - This means God will punish your enemies when you avoid being confrontational and avoid taking the matter into your own hands

Proverbs 20:22 - Berean Study Bible
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you. - This means God will rescue you from the harmful situations other people put you in when you let God handle injustices instead of fighting it out yourself

Isaiah 61:8 New International Version
“For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them - This means God desires to reward you for the injustice and robbery and wrong doing you encounter or suffer and God will compensate you if you seek Him and also rescue you forever

Luke 6:35 New International Version
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 children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked - This means God will reward you above what is normal if you love those that do not warrant or prove worthy of your goodness

Luke 6:37 New International Version
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven - This means rather than atoning for all your sins one by one, you can expedite the process of redemption in your life by forgiving others

Luke 6:37 New International Version
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you - This means when you are gracious in your assessment and judgment of others and ignore their flaws, God will be gracious in His assessment and judgment of you and ignore your flaws

Luke 16:5-9
5“So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6“ ‘Nine hundred gallons a of olive oil,’ he replied.
“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’
7“Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’
“ ‘A thousand bushels b of wheat,’ he replied.
“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’
8“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. 9I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings

- This means: When you excuse and justify and seek to understand and empathize with those who err, God Will honour and reward you and bless you with His presence because you were forgiving towards others in the same way that God desires to be forgiving towards you

Proverbs 11:16 English Standard Version
A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches - This means God Will honour you when you are gracious, meaning you get more respect by forgiving insults than you do by seeking to punish those who mock or look down on you - removing the justice incentive for fighting for your own honour

John 8:50 New International Version
I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge - This means that like Jesus, we can serve God and ignore our reputation and let God worry about our reputation rather than seeking to worry about our own reputations

[lakotabebebe]

Love this! Thank you for this reminder to forgive I needed to hear it today <3

[copiecat]

I needed that. Proverbs 11.16 ty

[ohshee]

I have never read the Bible that's the way I feel about it might help somebody and if they don't want to thank me of they don't want to appreciate it are they don't want to acknowledge it. It's okay I look at it as that's who they are and that's who they choose to be and I choose not to be that way if I did something for somebody I did it because I wanted to or because I was in a position to do it I wasn't doing it for any g a i n. Not unless it was some type of business transaction there are many times I will see somebody in the need for something that I might have and I will walk up and hand it to them you don't need to thank me you don't need to say anything I'm doing it because I want to do it because I can't do it and that's all it is right there it's not a big deal to me
If we had a business transaction of any sort usually I add more to it I give more because I see more is needed and if they fail to keep up with your end of the business part of it at first a little bit angry because of the principal but at the same time I know there's nothing I can do about it unless I want to get really angry and I don't need to go there it is what it is no matter what in life we all have to pay for it anything that we do whether it's positive or negative so I let it go and sometimes I get handed something from somebody and I always look back and I think thank you for repaying me all right or I I feel somehow through the airwaves I'm being reimbursed and I love that and I always appreciate that and within helping people and they don't keep up with your end of the deal do you would think that I would stop helping them but for some reason I can't do that I have to give again but like I said it's because I can and because I have it and because they need it and I must not

[collie22]

its getting easier for me to forgive but i don't forget

[ThePolishKnight37]

Missed one it is ion Mark I believe When asked how many times should I forgive someone, Jesus said Seventy times seventy.

[najekim]

Many of the fables in the Bible can be considered halfway decent guides. But actual common sense and good ethics can be more helpful when dealing with others, IMHO.

[Pasiton5]

Thank you for refreshing my soul and beliefs

[CallmeTheKnight]

Better to forgive than to let it fester in your mind.

[Marhaban-1]

That's nice as I'm not usually that forgiving

[Nini10]

You’re such a blessing💕