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 to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions."

Do not judge, and you won't be judged. Do not condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

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

Be careful. If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.

For your name's sake, YHWH, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;

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

"Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'"

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,

And he is the atoning sacrifice 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 will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of the righteous is powerfully effective.

Forgive, YHWH, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not allow innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel." The blood shall be forgiven them.

and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;

Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask the Lord if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins no more."

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as the Lord forgave you, so you also do.

I acknowledged my sin to you. I did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to YHWH, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Be subject therefore to God. But 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, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

leave your gift there before the altar, and go 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 in your sight. 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, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Do not seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

"Come now, and let us reason together," says YHWH: "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 my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

Jesus said to him, "I do not tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

But the tax collector, standing far away, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Do not seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

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 my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you do not each forgive your brother from your heart."

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to YHWH, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also are not tempted.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

for this is my blood of the New Covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, towards one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Brothers, I do not regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to the things which are ahead,

I press on 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 repaid us for 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 blessing; because to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

Do not seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

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 commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

does not behave itself inappropriately, does not seek its own way, is not irritable, does not keep a record of wrongs;

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, 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), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

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

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness' sake, YHWH.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

"'Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,' says the Lord GOD. 'Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

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

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, new things have come.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

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