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 just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

"And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive, that your Father in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

"And judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

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

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

Look upon my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.

For Your name's sake, O Lord, be merciful to my sin; for it is great.

He that conceals injuries seeks love, but he that hates to hide them separates friends and kindred.

A Psalm of instruction by David. Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.

who forgives all your transgressions, who heals all your diseases;

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ forgave us.

Repent therefore and turn back, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that seasons of relaxation may come from the presence of the Lord,

And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And dividing His garments, they cast lots.

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

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

then if My people, on whom My name is called, should repent, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, I also will hear from heaven, and I will be merciful to their sins, and I will heal their land.

Confess your transgressions to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of the righteous is very powerful.

Be merciful to Your people Israel, O Lord, whom You have redeemed, that innocent blood may not be charged on Your people Israel; and atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood.

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

If You, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

For with You is forgiveness;

He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Repent therefore from this your wickedness, and make petition to God, if perhaps the intent of your heart will be forgiven you.

I, even I, am He that blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and your sins; and I will remember them no more.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you murdered by hanging upon a cross.

Him God has exalted to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I shall by no means remember anymore."

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and you believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.

For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.

forbearing one another and forgiving yourselves, if anyone should have a complaint against any; just as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

I acknowledged my sin, and hid not my iniquity; I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord; and You forgave the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter change into mourning and your joy into dejection.

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

For the end, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the multitude of Your compassions, blot out my transgression.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

leave your gift there before the altar, and go, first be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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

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

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

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.

Then Peter came to Him and 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- seven times.

And the tax collector, standing far away, would not so much as lift his eyes towards heaven, but beat on his chest, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper, but he that blames himself shall be loved.

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

Therefore "If your enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for by doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head."

Thus also My heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not forgive each one his brother their trespasses, from your hearts."

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.

Brothers, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness, looking out for yourself lest you also be tempted.

For You, O Lord, are kind and gentle, and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon You.

for this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many, for the forgiveness of sins.

"And if your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have won your brother.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares about you.

Likewise, younger people, subject yourselves to the elders. And all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, because "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Pursue peace and holiness with all people, without which no one shall see the Lord:

doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.

Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

I press 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 recompensed us according to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased His mercy toward them that 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 on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called for this purpose, that you may inherit a blessing.

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

Therefore "If your enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for by doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head."

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

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

A merciful man is long suffering, and his triumph overtakes transgressors.

The houses of transgressors will need purification, but the houses of the just are acceptable.

My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if someone should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

does not behave disgracefully, does not seek its own, is not provoked to anger, thinks no evil;

Therefore be compassionate, just as your Father also is compassionate.

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

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins"--then He said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."

"Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men,

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

having blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and He has taken it out of the midst, nailing it to the cross.

For I will declare my iniquity, and be distressed for my sin.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my sins of ignorance; remember me according to Your mercy, for Your goodness' sake, O Lord.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

I will judge you, O house of Israel, says the Lord, each one according to his way: be converted, and turn from all your ungodliness, and it shall not become to you the punishment of iniquity.

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

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

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a steadfast spirit in my inward parts.

"Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

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