Verse 4

and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:21-22 : 21 Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?' 22 Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.
  • Matt 18:35 : 35 so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'
  • Rom 12:20 : 20 I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;
  • 1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil, 6 rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth; 7 all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.
  • Eph 4:31-32 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, 32 and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.
  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you -- so also ye;
  • 2 Thess 3:13-14 : 13 and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well, 14 and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed,
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 `And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.
  • Matt 6:14-15 : 14 `For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens; 15 but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.