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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 just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your sins.
“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.
Take heed to yourselves. “If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.
“So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away. And likewise let him who is in the field not return to the things behind.
Remember Lot’s wife.
Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
I tell you, on that night two men will be in one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left.
Two women will be grinding grain together; the one will be taken and the other will be left.
Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken and the other will be left.”
They asked, “Where, Lord?” He replied, “Where the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.”
If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates the best of friends.
And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
Therefore repent and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away, that times of refreshing 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.”
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they divided His clothes by casting lots.
“Therefore, brothers, let it be known to you that through this Man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
if My people, who are called by My name, will 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 your faults to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.
Be merciful, O Lord, to Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and lay not innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.” And the blood guilt will be forgiven them.
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.
If you, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be feared.
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dear Son,
in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Therefore repent of your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.
I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.
The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging on a tree.
God exalted this Man to His right hand to be a Ruler and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
For I will be merciful toward their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not conceal. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your willing spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure; build the walls of Jerusalem.
Then You will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
“Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
leave your gift there before the altar and go on your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I 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 for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.
Come now, and let us reason together, says the 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 came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
“But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but struck his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.
Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
“So also My heavenly Father will do to each of you, if from your heart you do not forgive your brother for his trespasses.”
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
Brothers, if a man is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, watching yourselves, lest you also be tempted.
For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
“Now if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.
Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.
Likewise you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. Yes, all of you be submissive one to another and clothe yourselves with humility, because “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Let nothing be done out of strife or conceit, but in humility let each esteem the other better than himself.
Brothers, I do not count myself to have attained, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
I press toward the goal to 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 heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse, but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you may receive a blessing.
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.
Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so you will heap coals of fire on 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 yet sinners, Christ died for us.
My little children, I am writing these things to you, so that you do not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One.
Let us then come with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
does not behave itself improperly, seeks not its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
In Him we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, pick up your bed, and go into your house.”
Therefore I say to you, all kinds of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven men.
Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has resurrected together with Him, having forgiven you all sins.
He blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us and contrary to us, and He took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your lovingkindness remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent, and turn away from all your transgressions so that iniquity shall not be your ruin.
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you.