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60 Bible verses about Forgiveness
When I truly repent and humble myself before God, I know He is faithful and just to forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. It's through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross that I can receive this forgiveness. It's such a gift.
And you know, it makes me think about how God wants me to extend that same grace to others. He wants me to reflect His love to everyone around me, to be a reflection of Jesus in every moment. It's a challenge sometimes, but it's so important.
Forgiving others, I've found, is really about freeing myself. It's about healing those deep wounds and finding freedom from bitterness. It's not easy, but it's so worth it.
I want to practice gratitude and turn away from sin, coming to God with a repentant heart, knowing He will always forgive me. And hopefully, I can pay that forward and offer forgiveness just as freely as I've received it.
If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.
But if you don't forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Instead, be kind and merciful, and forgive others, just as God forgave you because of Christ.
If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.
Christ sacrificed his life's blood to set us free, which means our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because of God's gift of undeserved grace to us. God has great wisdom and understanding,
If my own people will humbly pray and turn back to me and stop sinning, then I will answer them from heaven. I will forgive them and make their land fertile once again.
Jesus said: Don't judge others, and God won't judge you. Don't be hard on others, and God won't be hard on you. Forgive others, and God will forgive you.
Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.
Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you.
My friends, the message is that Jesus can forgive your sins! The Law of Moses could not set you free from all your sins.
I tell you any sinful thing you do or say can be forgiven. Even if you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven, either in this life or in the life to come.
If you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven, but if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you cannot be forgiven.
God rescued us from the dark power of Satan and brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son,
who forgives our sins and sets us free.
I will treat them with kindness, even though they are wicked. I will forget their sins.”
If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned, he will forgive them.
In the past, God forgave all this because people did not know what they were doing. But now he says that everyone everywhere must turn to him.
Peter came up to the Lord and asked, “How many times should I forgive someone who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?”
Jesus answered: Not just 7 times, but 77 times!
How far has the Lord taken our sins from us? Farther than the distance from east to west!
I, the Lord, invite you to come and talk it over. Your sins are scarlet red, but they will be whiter than snow or wool.
“What a blessing when God forgives our sins and our evil deeds. What a blessing when the Lord erases our sins from his book.”
But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.
But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
I will forgive anyone you forgive. Yes, for your sake and with Christ as my witness, I have forgiven whatever needed to be forgiven.
I have done this to keep Satan from getting the better of us. We all know what goes on in his mind.
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, “I am the one to take revenge and pay them back.”
Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.
The Scriptures also say, “If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads.”
You are kind, God! Please have pity on me. You are always merciful! Please wipe away my sins.
Create pure thoughts in me and make me faithful again.
Don't chase me away from you or take your Holy Spirit away from me.
Make me as happy as you did when you saved me; make me want to obey!
I will teach sinners your Law, and they will return to you.
Keep me from any deadly sin. Only you can save me! Then I will shout and sing about your power to save.
Help me to speak, and I will praise you, Lord.
Offerings and sacrifices are not what you want.
The way to please you is to be truly sorry deep in our hearts. This is the kind of sacrifice you won't refuse.
Please be willing, Lord, to help the city of Zion and to rebuild its walls.
Then you will be pleased with the proper sacrifices, and we will offer bulls on your altar once again.
Wash me clean from all of my sin and guilt.
So be careful what you do. Correct any followers of mine who sin, and forgive the ones who say they are sorry.
The same will happen on the day when the Son of Man appears.
At that time no one on a rooftop should go down into the house to get anything. No one in a field should go back to the house for anything.
Remember what happened to Lot's wife.
People who try to save their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives will save them.
On that night two people will be sleeping in the same bed, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.
Two women will be together grinding wheat, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.
Then Jesus' disciples spoke up, “But where will this happen, Lord?” Jesus said, “Where there is a corpse, there will always be vultures.”
Even if one of them mistreats you seven times in one day and says, “I am sorry,” you should still forgive that person.
My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don't be tempted yourself.
You will keep your friends if you forgive them, but you will lose your friends if you keep talking about what they did wrong.
This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, “I am the one to take revenge and pay them back.”
Don't be hateful and insult people just because they are hateful and insult you. Instead, treat everyone with kindness. You are God's chosen ones, and he will bless you. The Scriptures say,
If you kept record of our sins, no one could last long.
But you forgive us, and so we will worship you.
But I wipe away your sins because of who I am. And so, I will forget the wrongs you have done.
I will go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you.
I am no longer good enough to be called your son. Treat me like one of your workers.’ ”
So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses started grumbling, “This man is friendly with sinners. He even eats with them.”
The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.
Jesus said, “Father, forgive these people! They don't know what they're doing.” While the crowd stood there watching Jesus, the soldiers gambled for his clothes. The leaders insulted him by saying, “He saved others. Now he should save himself, if he really is God's chosen Messiah!”
If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.
The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.
The son said, “Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. I am no longer good enough to be called your son.”
But his father said to the servants, “Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.
Get the best calf and prepare it, so we can eat and celebrate.
This son of mine was dead, but has now come back to life. He was lost and has now been found.” And they began to celebrate.
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, “I am the one to take revenge and pay them back.”
Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.
The Scriptures also say, “If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads.”
Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.
Our Lord, you bless everyone whose sins you forgive and wipe away.
All kinds of troubles will strike the wicked, but your kindness shields those who trust you, Lord.
And so your good people should celebrate and shout.
You bless them by saying, “You told me your sins, without trying to hide them, and now I forgive you.”
Give up your evil ways and your evil thoughts. Return to the Lord our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins.
If you forgive anyone's sins, they will be forgiven. But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven.”
You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins.
God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross.
Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you.
Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish?
As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask.
Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophets are all about.
Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.
But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.
Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you.
You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes.
A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.
Every tree producing bad fruit will be chopped down and burned.
God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them.
All of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.
But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.
Some people soon brought to him a man lying on a mat because he could not walk. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “My friend, don't worry! Your sins are forgiven.”
When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “My friend, your sins are forgiven.”
rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.