Quotes About Reconciliation

When Josephís brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,

ëThis is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.í So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”

If you encounter your enemyís stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her fatherís house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.

When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud

Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnonís death.

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the kingís heart longed for Absalom.

The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?

Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.

Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.

“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ëCome here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.í So now, let me see the kingís face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”

So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.

So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”

Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ëI will never put you to the sword.í