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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 acknowledge our sins, then, since he is trustworthy and just, he will forgive them and purify us from all wrongdoing.
And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive your offenses.”
“Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day, if someone is on the roof with his belongings in his house, he must not go down to take them away. Similarly, if someone is in the field, he must not turn back —
remember Lot’s wife!
Whoever aims at preserving his own life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will stay alive.
I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed — one will be taken and the other left behind.
There will be two women grinding grain together — one will be taken and the other left behind.”
They asked him, “Where, Lord?” He answered, “Wherever there’s a dead body, that’s where the vultures gather.”
Also, if seven times in one day he sins against you, and seven times he comes to you and says, ‘I repent,’ you are to forgive him.”
He who conceals an offense promotes love, but he who harps on it can separate even close friends.
By David. A maskil: How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, those whose sin is covered!
Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted; and forgive each other, just as in the Messiah God has also forgiven you.
Forgive us our sins, for we too forgive everyone who has wronged us. And do not lead us to hard testing.’”
Yeshua said, “Father, forgive them; they don’t understand what they are doing.” They divided up his clothes by throwing dice.
“Therefore, brothers, let it be known to you that through this man is proclaimed forgiveness of sins!
Also, he is the kapparah for our sins — and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.
then, if my people, who bear my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their land.
Therefore, openly acknowledge your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Adonai, forgive your people Isra’el, whom you redeemed; do not allow innocent blood to be shed among your people Isra’el.’ And they will be forgiven this bloodshed.
The prayer offered with trust will heal the one who is ill — the Lord will restore his health; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Yah, if you kept a record of sins, who, Adonai, could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness, so that you will be feared.
He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.
It is through his Son that we have redemption — that is, our sins have been forgiven.
So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps you will yet be forgiven for holding such a thought in your heart.
I, yes I, am the one who blots out your offenses for my own sake; I will not remember your sins.
The God of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whereas you men killed him by having him hanged on a stake.
God has exalted this man at his right hand as Ruler and Savior, in order to enable Isra’el to do t’shuvah and have her sins forgiven.
Bear with one another; if anyone has a complaint against someone else, forgive him. Indeed, just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.
When I acknowledged my sin to you, when I stopped concealing my guilt, and said, “I will confess my offenses to Adonai”; then you, you forgave the guilt of my sin. (Selah)
For the leader. A psalm of David,
Let me hear the sound of joy and gladness, so that the bones you crushed can rejoice.
Turn away your face from my sins, and blot out all my crimes.
Create in me a clean heart, God; renew in me a resolute spirit.
Don’t thrust me away from your presence, don’t take your Ruach Kodesh away from me.
Restore my joy in your salvation, and let a willing spirit uphold me.
Then I will teach the wicked your ways, and sinners will return to you.
Rescue me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation! Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness —
Adonai, open my lips; then my mouth will praise you.
For you don’t want sacrifices, or I would give them; you don’t take pleasure in burnt offerings.
My sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God, you won’t spurn a broken, chastened heart.
when Natan the prophet came to him after his affair with Bat-Sheva:
So if you are offering your gift at the Temple altar and you remember there that your brother has something against you,
leave your gift where it is by the altar, and go, make peace with your brother. Then come back and offer your gift.
His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son — ’
For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;
but if you do not forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will not forgive yours.
Never seek revenge, my friends; instead, leave that to God’s anger; for in the Tanakh it is written, “Adonai says, ‘Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay.’”
“Come now,” says Adonai, “let’s talk this over together. Even if your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow; even if they are red as crimson, they will be like wool.
Then Kefa came up and said to him, “Rabbi, how often can my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven times?”
“No, not seven times,” answered Yeshua, “but seventy times seven!
But the tax-collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes toward heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God! Have mercy on me, sinner that I am!’
He who conceals his sins will not succeed; he who confesses and abandons them will gain mercy.
Never seek revenge, my friends; instead, leave that to God’s anger; for in the Tanakh it is written, “Adonai says, ‘Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay.’”
In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the ‘olam hazeh. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For by doing this, you will heap fiery coals [of shame] on his head.”
This is how my heavenly Father will treat you, unless you each forgive your brother from your hearts.”
Let the wicked person abandon his way and the evil person his thoughts; let him return to Adonai, and he will have mercy on him; let him return to our God, for he will freely forgive.
Brothers, suppose someone is caught doing something wrong. You who have the Spirit should set him right, but in a spirit of humility, keeping an eye on yourselves so that you won’t be tempted too.
For this is my blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, my blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven.
“Moreover, if your brother commits a sin against you, go and show him his fault — but privately, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the right time he may lift you up.
Throw all your anxieties upon him, because he cares about you.
Likewise, you who are less experienced, submit to leaders. Further, all of you should clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, because God opposes the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.
Keep pursuing shalom with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Do nothing out of rivalry or vanity; but, in humility, regard each other as better than yourselves —
Brothers, I, for my part, do not think of myself as having yet gotten hold of it; but one thing I do: forgetting what is behind me and straining forward toward what lies ahead,
I keep pursuing the goal in order to win the prize offered by God’s upward calling in the Messiah Yeshua.
He has not treated us as our sins deserve or paid us back for our offenses,
because his mercy toward those who fear him is as far above earth as heaven.
He has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west.
not repaying evil with evil or insult with insult, but, on the contrary, with blessing. For it is to this that you have been called, so that you may receive a blessing.
Never seek revenge, my friends; instead, leave that to God’s anger; for in the Tanakh it is written, “Adonai says, ‘Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay.’”
In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the ‘olam hazeh. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For by doing this, you will heap fiery coals [of shame] on his head.”
Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners.
People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
My children, I am writing you these things so that you won’t sin. But if anyone does sin, we have Yeshua the Messiah, the Tzaddik, who pleads our cause with the Father.
Therefore, let us confidently approach the throne from which God gives grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace in our time of need.
In union with him, through the shedding of his blood, we are set free — our sins are forgiven; this accords with the wealth of the grace
But look! I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” He then said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your mattress, and go home!”
Because of this, I tell you that people will be forgiven any sin and blasphemy, but blaspheming the Ruach HaKodesh will not be forgiven.
First of all, then, I counsel that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all human beings,
You were dead because of your sins, that is, because of your “foreskin,” your old nature. But God made you alive along with the Messiah by forgiving you all your sins.
He wiped away the bill of charges against us. Because of the regulations, it stood as a testimony against us; but he removed it by nailing it to the execution-stake.
Don’t remember my youthful sins or transgressions; but remember me according to your grace for the sake of your goodness, Adonai.
Therefore, there is no longer any condemnation awaiting those who are in union with the Messiah Yeshua.
Therefore, house of Isra’el, I will judge each of you according to his ways,” says Adonai Elohim. “Repent, and turn yourselves away from all your transgressions, so that they will not be a stumblingblock that brings guilt upon you.
since all have sinned and come short of earning God’s praise.
By God’s grace, without earning it, all are granted the status of being considered righteous before him, through the act redeeming us from our enslavement to sin that was accomplished by the Messiah Yeshua.
Therefore, if anyone is united with the Messiah, he is a new creation — the old has passed; look, what has come is fresh and new!
“Keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.