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 confesse our sinnes, hee is faithfull, & iust to forgiue vs our sinnes, and to cleanse vs from all vnrighteousnesse.

And when ye stand, praying, forgiue, if ye haue ought against any: that your Father also which is in heauen, may forgiue you your trespasses.

Iudge not, and ye shall not bee iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgiue, and ye shall be forgiuen.

And forgiue vs our debts, as we forgiue our debters.

Take heed to your selues: If thy brother trespasse against thee, rebuke him, and if he repent, forgiue him.

And if hee trespasse against thee seuen times in a day, and seuen times in a day turne againe to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgiue him.

Looke vpon mine affliction, aud my paine, and forgiue all my sinnes.

For thy names sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquitie: for it is great.

He that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue; but he that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends.

[A Psalme of Dauid, Maschil.] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiuen, whose sinne is couered.

Who forgiueth all thine iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

And bee ye kinde one to another. tender hearted, forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christs sake hath forgiuen you.

Repent yee therefore, and bee conuerted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shal come from the presence of the Lord.

And forgiue vs our sinnes: for we also forgiue euery one that is indebted to vs. And lead vs not into temptation, but deliuer vs from euill.

Then said Iesus, Father, forgiue them, for they know not what they doe: And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Be it knowen vnto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgiuenesse of sinnes.

And he is the propitiation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for the sinnes of the whole world.

If my people which are called by my Name, shall humble themselues and pray, and seeke my face, and turne from their wicked wayes: then will I heare from heauen, and will forgiue their sinne, and will heale their land.

Confesse your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that yee may bee healed: the effectuall feruent prayer of a righteous man auaileth much.

Be merciful, O Lord, vnto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood vnto thy people of Israels charge, and the blood shall be forgiuen them.

And the prayer of Faith shall saue the sicke, and the Lord shall raise him vp: and if hee haue committed sinnes, they shall be forgiuen him.

If thou, Lord, shouldest marke iniquities: O Lord, who shal stand?

But there is forgiuenesse with thee: that thou mayest be feared.

Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,

In whom we haue redemption through his blood, euen the forgiuenesse of sinnes:

Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiuen thee.

I, euen I am hee that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine owne sake, and will not remember thy sinnes.

The God of our fathers raised vp Iesus, whom yee slew and hanged on a tree.

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to bee a Prince and a Sauiour, for to giue repentance to Israel, and forgiuenesse of sinnes.

For I will be mercifull to their vnrighteousnes, and their sins & their iniquities will I remember no more.

That if thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lord Iesus, and shalt beleeue in thine heart, that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saued.

For with the heart man beleeueth vnto righteousnesse, and with the mouth confession is made vnto saluation.

Forbearing one another, and forgiuing one another, if any man haue a quarrell against any: euen as Christ forgaue you, so also doe yee.

I acknowledged my sin vnto thee, and mine iniquitie haue I not hid: I said, I will confesse my transgressions vnto the Lord; and thou forgauest the iniquitie of my sinne. Selah.

Submit your selues therefore to God: resist the deuill, and hee will flee from you.

Draw nigh to God, and hee will draw nigh to you: cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purifie your hearts yee double minded.

Bee afflicted, and mourne, and weepe: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your ioy to heauinesse.

Humble your selues in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you vp.

[To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme of Dauid, when Nathan the Prophet came vnto him, after hee had gone in to Bath-sheba.] Haue mercie vpon mee, O God, according to thy louing kindnesse: according vnto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Wash mee throughly from mine iniquitie, and clense me from my sinne.

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee:

Leaue there thy gift before the altar, and goe thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

And the sonne said vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.

For, if yee forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly father will also forgiue you.

But, if yee forgiue not men their trespasses, neither will your father forgiue your trespasses.

Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but rather giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Uengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

Come now and let vs reason together, saith the Lord: though your sinnes be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimsin, they shall be as wooll.

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sinne against mee, and I forgiue him? till seuen times?

Iesus saith vnto him, I say not vnto thee, Untill seuen times: but, Untill seuentie times seuen.

And the Publicane standing afarre off, would not lift vp so much as his eyes vnto heauen: but smote vpon his breast, saying, God me mercifull to mee a sinner.

He that couereth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but who so confesseth and forsaketh them, shall haue mercie.

Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but rather giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Uengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.

So likewise shall my heauenly Father doe also vnto you, if yee from your hearts forgiue not euery one his brother their trespasses.

Let the wicked forsake his way, & the vnrighteous man his thoughts: and let him returne vnto the Lord, and he will haue mercie vpon him, and to our God, for hee will abundantly pardon.

Brethren, if a man bee ouertaken in a fault: yee which are spirituall, restore such a one in the spirit of meeknesse, considering thy selfe least thou also be tempted.

For thou Lord art good, and ready to forgiue: and plenteous in mercie vnto all them that call vpon thee.

For this is my blood of the new Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sinnes.

Moreouer, if thy brother shall trespasse against thee, goe and tell him his fault betweene thee and him alone: if he shall heare thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Humble yourselues therefore vnder the mighty hand of God, that hee may exalt you in due time,

Casting all your care vpon him, for he careth for you.

Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elder: yea, all of you bee subiect one to another, and bee clothed with humilitie: for God resisteth the proud, and giueth grace to the humble.

Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Let nothing bee done through strife, or vaine glory, but in lowlinesse of minde let each esteeme other better then themselues.

Brethren, I count not my selfe to haue apprehended: but this one thing I doe, forgetting those things which are behinde, and reaching forth vnto those things which are before,

I presse toward the marke, for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Iesus.

Hee hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes: nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities.

For as the heauen is high aboue the earth: so great is his mercy toward them that feare him.

As farre as the East is from the West: so farre hath hee remooued our transgressions from vs.

Not rendring euill for euill, or railing for railing: but contrarywise blessing, knowing that yee are thereunto called, that ye should inherite a blessing.

Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but rather giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Uengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.

Be not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with good.

But God commendeth his loue towards vs, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger: and it is his glory to passe ouer a transgression.

Fooles make a mocke at sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

My little children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not. And if any man sinne, we haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ the righteous:

Let vs therefore come boldly vnto the throne of grace, that wee may obtaine mercy, and finde grace to helpe in time of need.

Doeth not behaue it selfe vnseemly, seeketh not her owne, is not easily prouoked, thinketh no euill,

Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.

In whom wee haue redemption through his blood, the forgiuenesse of sinnes, according to the riches of his grace,

But that yee may know that the sonne of man hath power on earth to forgiue sinnes, (Then saith hee to the sicke of the palsie) Arise, take vp thy bed, and goe vnto thine house.

Wherefore I say vnto you, All maner of sinne and blasphemie shall be forgiuen vnto men: but the blasphemie against the holy Ghost, shall not bee forgiuen vnto men.

I exhort therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giuing of thanks be made for all men:

And you being dead in your sinnes, and the vncircumcision of your flesh, hath hee quickened together with him, hauing forgiuen you all trespasses,

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances, that was against vs, which was contrary to vs, and tooke it out of the way, nayling it to his Crosse:

For I will declare mine iniquitie; I will be sory for my sinne.

Remember not the sinnes of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercie remember thou me, for thy goodnesse sake, O Lord.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Iesus, who walke not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

Therefore I will iudge you, O house of Israel, euery one according to his wayes, saith the Lord God; repent, and turne your selues from all your transgressions: so iniquitie shall not be your ruine.

For all haue sinned, and come short of the glory of God,

Being iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Iesus Christ:

Therfore if any man be in Christ, hee is a new creature: old things are past away, behold, al things are become new.

Create in mee a cleane heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within mee.

Aske, and it shalbe giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

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