FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS. → OF ENEMIES Ex 23:4,5; Pr 19:11; 24:17,29; 25:21,22; Ec 7:21; Mt 5:7,39-41,43-48; 6:12,14,15; 18:21-35; Mr 11:25,26; Lu 6:27-37; 11:4; 17:3,4; Ro 12:14,17,19-21; 1Co 4:12,13; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13; Phm 1:10-18; 1Pe 3:9
* See ENEMY

→ INSTANCES OF
* Esau forgives Jacob Ge 33:4,11
* Joseph forgives his brothers Ge 45:5-15; 50:19-21
* Moses forgives the Israelites Nu 12:1-13
* David forgives Saul 1Sa 24:10-12; 26:9,23; 2Sa 1:14-17
* David forgives Shimei 2Sa 16:9-13; 19:23; with 1Ki 2:8,9
* Solomon forgives Adonijah 1Ki 1:53
* The prophet of Judah forgives Jeroboam 1Ki 13:3-6
* Jesus forgives his enemies Lu 23:34

→ OF SINS
* See SIN, FORGIVENESS OF

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(1) Divine Promised Le 5:10; Ps 103:3; 130:4; Eze 18:22; Mt 6:14; Mr 3:28; Ac 5:31 Ac 13:38; 26:18; Eph 1:7; Jas 5:15; 1Jo 1:9 --SEE Pardoned Promised, SALVATION Restoration (1), RESTORATION Repentance (1), PENITENCE Promises to the Penitent, PROMISES, DIVINE (2) Human, Enjoined Mr 11:25; Lu 11:4; 17:4; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13 --SEE Mercy (2), MERCIFULNESS Enemies, SOCIAL LIFE Retaliation Forbidden, RETALIATION Good for Evil (2), GOOD FOR EVIL (3) Examples of Human Ge 33:4; 45:15; 2Sa 19:23; 1Ki 1:53; Ac 7:60 --SEE Good for Evil, GOOD FOR EVIL --Examples of Divine, SEE Sin Forgiven, SIN God's Mercy, MERCIFULNESS Pardon Promised, SALVATION

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forgiveness. Forgiveness, n. the act of forgiving, pardon, excuse

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For‐give″ness, n. [[AS. forgifnes.]] 1. 1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7. 2. 2. Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Ps. cxxx. 3, 4. Syn. — Pardon, remission. — Forgiveness, Pardon. Forgiveness is Anglo-Saxon, and pardon Norman French, both implying a giving back. The word pardon, being early used in our Bible, has, in religious matters, the same sense as forgiveness; but in the language of common life there is a difference between them, such as we often find between corresponding Anglo-Saxon and Norman words. Forgive points to inward feeling, and suppose alienated affection; when we ask forgiveness, we primarily seek the removal of anger. Pardon looks more to outward things or consequences, and is often applied to trifling matters, as when we beg pardon for interrupting a man, or for jostling him in a crowd. The civil magistrate also grants a pardon, and not forgiveness. The two words are, therefore, very clearly distinguished from each other in most cases which relate to the common concerns of life.