If you want to move on with your life and learn to move past the pain, then you have to make a choice to forgive and forget. Easier said than done, huh? Read on to find out how to do it and see for yourself.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. | Proverbs 15:1
As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. | Psalm 103:12
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. | Luke 23:34
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. | Matthew 6:12
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. | Jeremiah 31:34
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. | Mark 11:25
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. | Matthew 6:15
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. | Colossians 3:13
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. | Philippians 3:13
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. | Ephesians 4:32
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. | 1 Peter 3:9
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. | Hebrews 8:12
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | Romans 6:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. | Romans 3:23
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. | Matthew 6:14
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. | Colossians 1:13-14
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. | Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. | Colossians 1:14
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. | 1 John 1:9
Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. | Luke 6:37
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. | Matthew 18:22
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. | Hebrews 4:16
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. | Ephesians 4:31-32
Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now. | Numbers 14:19
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him. | Luke 17:3-4
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 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. | Colossians 3:12-13
Then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” | Hebrews 10:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. | 2 Corinthians 5:17
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 18:21-22
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him. | Daniel 9:9
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. | Romans 8:1
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. | James 5:16
You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. | Matthew 5:48
When we forgive as God forgives, we recognize that the person is not perfect and will fail us. And we are promising we will not treat the offender in the way that we have a human right to, considering their offense.