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 other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive other people, then your Father will not forgive your offenses.

Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

For if you forgive other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.

How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!

Who pardons all your guilt, Who heals all your diseases;

‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you for your offenses.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

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

and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

“For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings, And their sins I will no longer remember.”

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all who call upon You.

and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

For the sake of Your name, Lord, Forgive my wrongdoing, for it is great.

Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me and I still forgive him? Up to seven times?”

Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy-seven times.

As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our wrongdoings from us.

¶“Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.

“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered.

“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

“But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings.

¶Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach wrongdoers Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.

¶Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

Lord, open my lips, So that my mouth may declare Your praise.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You do not take pleasure in burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise.

¶By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Wash me thoroughly from my guilt And cleanse me from my sin.

Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, the one who will be on the housetop, with his goods in the house, must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back.

Remember Lot’s wife.

Whoever strives to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it.

I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.

There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.

[Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.”]

And responding, they *said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

Brothers and sisters, even if a person is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you are not tempted as well.

But there is forgiveness with You, So that You may be revered.

One who conceals an offense seeks love, But one who repeats a matter separates close friends.

for this is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you would inherit a blessing.

If You, Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds, Lord, who could stand?

But there is forgiveness with You, So that You may be revered.

¶“I, I alone, am the one who wipes out your wrongdoings for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

I will set out and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired laborers.” ’

And both the Pharisees and the scribes began to complain, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.”

So he set out and came to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

[But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”] And they cast lots, dividing His garments among themselves.

One who conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper, But one who confesses and abandons them will find compassion.

“And their sins and their lawless deeds I will no longer remember.”

So he set out and came to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet;

and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let’s eat and celebrate;

for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

“But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

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

How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!

The sorrows of the wicked are many, But the one who trusts in the Lord, goodness will surround him.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

How blessed is a person whose guilt the Lord does not take into account, And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

A person’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook an offense.

And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings,

having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

“Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

So if you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they?

So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

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

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

And they brought to Him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man who was paralyzed, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

And seeing their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”

It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,

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