Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another; merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 50:17That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.
Psalms 112:4To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.
Psalms 145:9To thee, O God, I will sing a new canticle: on the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises to thee.
Proverbs 19:22A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
Jeremiah 38:12And Abdemelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremias: Put these old rags and these rent and rotten things under thy arms, and upon the cords: and Jeremias did so.
Matthew 6:14For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:18-32
Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. ( a. d. 61.) 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not… Read the whole commentary →