NO GRUDGES PLEASE I urge Euodia and Syntyche to iron out their differences and make up God d o e s n 't want his children holding grudges PHILIPPIANS 4 2 MSG Nothing can sap your strength and distort your wisdom more than holding a grudge Esau held a grudge against Jacob for stealing their f a t h e r 's blessing Genesis 27 41 After their father Jacob died J o s e p h 's brothers feared that Joseph was holding a grudge against them and would soon repay them for the suffering t h e y 'd caused him Genesis 50 15 Yet to J o s e p h 's credit he forgave his brothers considering that what had happened to him had been part of G o d 's plan all along Herodias King H e r o d 's wife held a grudge