If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
Psalms 66:18
“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:”
— Psalms 66:18
"But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" — the Lord's prayer contains its own audit clause. These verses unpack it. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Psalms 66:18 to Hebrews 12:15.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about unforgiveness here is Psalms 66:18: "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:" Proverbs 19:11 follows close behind: "The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
Psalms 66:18
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.
Jeremiah 17:14
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
Micah 7:18
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
Matthew 5:23
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:12
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:15
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”
Matthew 18:35
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”
Mark 11:26
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
Luke 11:4
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
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,
2 Corinthians 2:10
Neither give place to the devil.
and don’t give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:27
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.
Ephesians 4:31
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
Hebrews 12:15
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