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.

For if you forgive men their deviations, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you will not forgive men their deviations, neither will your Father forgive your deviations.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, having forgiven one another, even as also God forgave you in Christ.

For if you forgive men their deviations, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the remission of deviations, according to the riches of His grace

and My people, on whom My name is called, shall be humbled, and shall pray, and shall seek My face, and shall turn back from their evil ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Judge not, and not be judged, not ever. Do not condemn, and not you will be condemned, not ever. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

A Psalm of David. A Contemplation. Blessed is he whose transgression is lifted, whose sin is covered.

He who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases;

and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors.

And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive it, so that your Father in Heaven may also forgive your deviations.

bearing with one another and forgiving yourselves, if anyone has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also you should forgive.

Therefore let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One is proclaimed to you remission of sins.

Because of this, I say to you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy concerning the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

And everyone who shall say a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but the one blaspheming against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

And He Himself is the propitiation concerning our sins, and not concerning ours only, but also concerning the whole world.

who delivered us out of the authority of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the remission of sins;

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and I will not at all remember their sins and their lawlessnesses.” LXX-Jer. 38:31-34; MT-Jer. 31:31-34

For You, O Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and rich in mercy to all who call on You.

And the prayer of faith will save the one being sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he may have committed sin, it will be forgiven him.

Indeed, therefore, God overlooking the times of ignorance, now strictly commands all men everywhere to repent,

Therefore, repent, and turn back, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the face of the Lord,

For Your name’s sake, O Jehovah, even pardon my iniquity for it is great.

Then coming near to Him, Peter said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?

Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy times seven.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He put our transgressions from us.

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

“Blessed are they whose lawlessnesses have been remitted, and whose sins are covered;

blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” LXX-Psa. 31:1, 2; MT-Psa. 32:1, 2

but God demonstrates His love to us in that we being yet sinners, Christ died for us.

but God demonstrates His love to us in that we being yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Much more then, having been justified now by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through Him.

For if while being hostile ones we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life;

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

But to whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For also if I have forgiven anything, of whom I have forgiven it, it is for you, in Christ’s person,

so that we should not be deceitfully coveted by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his designs.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but giving place to wrath, for it has been written, “Vengeance is Mine,” “I will repay,” says the Lord. Deut. 32:35

Then “if a hostile one to you hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Prov. 25:21, 22

To the chief musician, A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your loving-kindness, according to the multitude of Your tender mercies; blot out my transgressions.

Multiply to wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Take heed to yourselves. And if your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

And if seven times in the day he sins against you, and seven times in the day returns to you saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.

Brothers, if a man is taken in some deviation, you, the spiritual ones, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering yourself, that you not also be tempted.

But forgiveness is with You that You may be feared.

One who covers a transgression seeks love, but one repeating a matter separates from a friend.

For this is My blood of the New Covenant which concerning many is being poured out for remission of sins.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but giving place to wrath, for it has been written, “Vengeance is Mine,” “I will repay,” says the Lord. Deut. 32:35

not giving back evil for evil, or reviling against reviling; but, on the contrary, give blessing; knowing that you were called to this in order that you might inherit blessing.

If You will keep iniquities, O Jehovah, O Lord, who shall stand?

But forgiveness is with You that You may be feared.

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My sake; and I will not remember your sins.

Rising up, I will go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I sinned against Heaven and before you,

and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.

And rising up, he came to his father. But he yet being far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion. And running, he fell on his neck and fervently kissed him.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they cast a lot. Psa. 22:18

One covering his transgressions will not prosper, but the one confessing and forsaking them shall have pity.

“and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will not remember no longer, not ever.” MT-Jer. 31:33, 34

And rising up, he came to his father. But he yet being far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion. And running, he fell on his neck and fervently kissed him.

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you, and no longer am I worthy to be called your son.

But the father said to his slaves, Bring out the best robe and clothe him, and give a ring to his hand and sandals to his feet.

And bring the fattened calf, slaughter and let us eat and be merry;

for this son of mine was dead, and lived again, and was lost, and was found. And they began to be merry.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but giving place to wrath, for it has been written, “Vengeance is Mine,” “I will repay,” says the Lord. Deut. 32:35

Then “if a hostile one to you hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Prov. 25:21, 22

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome the evil with good.

A Psalm of David. A Contemplation. Blessed is he whose transgression is lifted, whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man to whom Jehovah does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Let the wicked one forsake his way and the man of iniquity his thoughts, and let him turn back to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will multiply to pardon.

Therefore, be merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.

Of whomever you may remit the sins, they are remitted to them. Of whomever you hold, they have been held.

The discretion of a man makes his anger long, and his glory is to pass over a transgression.

And you, being a dead one in the deviations and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made alive together with Him, having remitted all your deviations,

blotting out the handwriting in the ordinances against us, which was contrary to us, even He has taken it out of the midst, nailing it to the cross;

Do not judge, that you may not be judged;

for with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured again to you.

Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

for all sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

being justified undeservedly by His grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus,

And, behold! They were bringing a paralytic lying on a cot to Him. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed one, Have courage, child. Your sins have been remitted.

And seeing their faith, He said to him, Man, your sins have been remitted to you.

does not behave unbecomingly, does not seek the things of itself, is not easily provoked, does not impute evil;

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