Genesis 50:17

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

Pray without ceasing.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

However he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

“Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.

You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.

I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.

and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John.

But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.