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74 Bible verses about asking for forgiveness
Facing up to my mistakes and saying "I'm sorry" takes guts. It means pushing past pride and arrogance, and showing true humility. It's not about whether I was the one hurt; it's about always trying to please God in everything I do.
Even if the other person doesn't apologize, and the Holy Spirit nudges me to say I'm sorry anyway, I know I'll receive God's grace and favor. It might be tough for a lot of folks, but choosing to forgive is truly liberating. It sets me free to move forward.
Holding onto grudges and refusing to forgive poisons my soul and can even cause physical pain. Forgiveness, on the other hand, is good for my body and soul. It's like a cleansing process that draws me closer to God.
It's so important to confess my sins and admit when I'm wrong to God, who frees me from all evil. His love and forgiveness cover every part of me; there's no limit to what He can forgive.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.
And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any man, so that also your Father in the heavens will forgive you your trespasses.
And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven.
Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.
He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.
And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted in order to wipe away your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every man who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.
Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you.
And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.
Forgive, O LORD, thy people Israel whom thou have redeemed, and allow no innocent blood [to remain] in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
And the prayer of faith will rescue him who is depressed, and the Lord will rouse him. And if he should be a man who has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
If thou, LORD, should note iniquities, O LORD, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may be feared.
Who rescued us out of the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,
in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.
I, even I, am he who blots out thy transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye murdered, having hung on a tree.
God exalted this man with his right hand, a Pathfinder and a Savior to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.
Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins and their lawlessness I will no, not further remember.
that if thou will confess with thy mouth, Lord Jesus, and will believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou will be saved.
For a man believes in the heart for righteousness, and he confesses with the mouth for salvation.
forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,
I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to LORD, and thou forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Be subordinate therefore to God, but resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.
Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.
Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
If therefore thou should bring thy gift to the altar, and remember there that thy brother has anything against thee,
leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.
And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight. I am no more worthy to be called thy son.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.
Come now, and let us reason together, says LORD, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?
Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man.
He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.
Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.
So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye do not forgive each man his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.
Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.
For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.
for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed on behalf of many for remission of sins.
But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.
Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,
having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.
Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.
in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.
Brothers, I reckon myself not to have seized, but one thing, indeed forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to the things ahead,
I press forward toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.
not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.
Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.
Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.
But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
My little children, I write these things to you so that ye may not sin. And if any man does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--righteous Jesus Christ.
Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.
It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace,
But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralyzed man), After rising, take up thy bed, and go to thy house.
Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the spirit will not be forgiven men.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men,
And you, being dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you he made alive together with him, having forgiven us all the transgressions,
having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. According to thy loving kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Consequently nothing is condemnation now to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit.
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one according to his ways, says lord LORD. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
being made righteous freely by his grace, through the redemption in Christ Jesus,
So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.
Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.