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Because God commands it and if we don't we allow Satan to build a spiritual stronghold in our hearts and minds.
Matthew 18:21-22 ESV
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 times seven.
Matthew 6:14-15 ESV
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.
James 5:16 ESV
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Luke 6:27 ESV
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:37 ESV
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Colossians 3:13 ESV
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Mark 11:25 ESV
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Ephesians 4:32 ESV
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Matthew 6:15 ESV
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses
.Proverbs 10:12 ESV
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
John 13:34 ESV
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one
Proverbs 17:9 ESV
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends
.Romans 12:17 ESV /
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
Matthew 18:21-22 ESV
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 times seven.
Matthew 6:14-15 ESV
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.
James 5:16 ESV
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Luke 6:27 ESV
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:37 ESV
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Colossians 3:13 ESV
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Mark 11:25 ESV
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Ephesians 4:32 ESV
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Matthew 6:15 ESV
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses
.Proverbs 10:12 ESV
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
John 13:34 ESV
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one
Proverbs 17:9 ESV
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends
.Romans 12:17 ESV /
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.