100 Bible Verses About Reconciliation

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.

And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.

And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?