95 Bible verses about forgiving wholeheartedly

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”

Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,

But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, 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 the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back.

Remember Lot’s wife.

Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.

I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.

There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.”

And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”

and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy 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 to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, 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 will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem;

then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

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

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

and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

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

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

and give no opportunity to the devil.

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.

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, he will be forgiven.

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

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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

then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.”

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

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

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

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

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.

just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

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

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.

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

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!

O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.

Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

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

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.