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95 Bible verses about forgiving wholeheartedly
“If you forgive the failures of others, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your failures.
Be kind to each other, sympathetic, forgiving each other as God has forgiven you through Christ.
Put up with each other, and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
“Stop judging, and you will never be judged. Stop condemning, and you will never be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked him, “Lord, how often do I have to forgive a believer who wrongs me? Seven times?”
Jesus answered him, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy times seven.
Whenever you pray, forgive anything you have against anyone. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your failures.”
He has not treated us as we deserve for our sins or paid us back for our wrongs.
As high as the heavens are above the earth— that is how vast his mercy is toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west— that is how far he has removed our rebellious acts from himself.
“Come on now, let’s discuss this!” says the Lord. “Though your sins are bright red, they will become as white as snow. Though they are dark red, they will become as white as wool.
God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins, he forgives them and cleanses us from everything we’ve done wrong.
Blessed is the person whose disobedience is forgiven and whose sin is pardoned.
Many heartaches await wicked people, but mercy surrounds those who trust the Lord.
Be glad and find joy in the Lord, you righteous people. Sing with joy, all whose motives are decent.
Blessed is the person whom the Lord no longer accuses of sin and who has no deceitful thoughts.
Whoever covers over his sins does not prosper. Whoever confesses and abandons them receives compassion.
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they’re doing.” Meanwhile, the soldiers divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.
Don’t take revenge, dear friends. Instead, let God’s anger take care of it. After all, Scripture says, “I alone have the right to take revenge. I will pay back, says the Lord.”
Some people brought him a paralyzed man on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Cheer up, friend! Your sins are forgiven.”
If you forgive someone, so do I. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did in the presence of Christ for your benefit.
because I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them.”
So watch yourselves! “If a believer sins, correct him. If he changes the way he thinks and acts, forgive him.
The day when the Son of Man is revealed will be like that.
“On that day those who are on the roof shouldn’t come down to get their belongings out of their houses. Those who are in the field shouldn’t turn back.
Remember Lot’s wife!
Those who try to save their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives will save them.
“I can guarantee that on that night if two people are in one bed, one will be taken and the other one will be left.
Two women will be grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other one will be left.”
They asked him, “Where, Lord?” Jesus told them, “Vultures will gather wherever there is a dead body.”
Even if he wrongs you seven times in one day and comes back to you seven times and says that he is sorry, forgive him.”
Have pity on me, O God, in keeping with your mercy. In keeping with your unlimited compassion, wipe out my rebellious acts.
Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me.
Do not force me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and provide me with a spirit of willing obedience.
⌞Then⌟ I will teach your ways to those who are rebellious, and sinners will return to you.
Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, my savior. Let my tongue sing joyfully about your righteousness!
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will tell about your praise.
You are not happy with any sacrifice. Otherwise, I would offer one ⌞to you⌟. You are not pleased with burnt offerings.
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful heart.
Favor Zion with your goodness. Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit— with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Young bulls will be offered on your altar.
Wash me thoroughly from my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin.
Because all people have sinned, they have fallen short of God’s glory.
They receive God’s approval freely by an act of his kindness through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free ⌞from sin⌟.
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.
I alone am the one who is going to wipe away your rebellious actions for my own sake. I will not remember your sins ⌞anymore⌟.
Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you, or ridicule those who ridicule you. Instead, bless them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.
leave your gift at the altar. First go away and make peace with that person. Then come back and offer your gift.
Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.
A person with good sense is patient, and it is to his credit that he overlooks an offense.
My dear children, I’m writing this to you so that you will not sin. Yet, if anyone does sin, we have Jesus Christ, who has God’s full approval. He speaks on our behalf when we come into the presence of the Father.
Whoever forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever keeps bringing up the issue separates the closest of friends.
Be angry without sinning. Don’t go to bed angry.
Don’t give the devil any opportunity ⌞to work⌟.
I made my sins known to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O Lord. Then you forgave all my sins. Selah
You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures.
(Prayers offered in faith will save those who are sick, and the Lord will cure them.) If you have sinned, you will be forgiven.
Let wicked people abandon their ways. Let evil people abandon their thoughts. Let them return to the Lord, and he will show compassion to them. Let them return to our God, because he will freely forgive them.
Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you. Focus your thoughts on those things that are considered noble.
As holy people whom God has chosen and loved, be sympathetic, kind, humble, gentle, and patient.
That is what my Father in heaven will do to you if each of you does not sincerely forgive other believers.”
But if we live in the light in the same way that God is in the light, we have a relationship with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from every sin.
Have pity on me, O God, in keeping with your mercy. In keeping with your unlimited compassion, wipe out my rebellious acts.
“So he went at once to his father. While he was still at a distance, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son, put his arms around him, and kissed him.
God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.
Certainly, sin shouldn’t have power over you because you’re not controlled by God’s laws, but by God’s favor.
I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful heart.
If you declare that Jesus is Lord, and believe that God brought him back to life, you will be saved.
Brothers and sisters, if a person gets trapped by wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should help that person turn away from doing wrong. Do it in a gentle way. At the same time watch yourself so that you also are not tempted.
So I can guarantee that people will be forgiven for any sin or cursing. However, cursing the Spirit will not be forgiven.
That’s why I’m telling you that her many sins have been forgiven. Her great love proves that. But whoever receives little forgiveness loves very little.”
It isn’t rude. It doesn’t think about itself. It isn’t irritable. It doesn’t keep track of wrongs.
Your acts of compassion are many in number, O Lord. Give me a new life guided by your regulations.
David says the same thing about those who are blessed: God approves of people without their earning it. David said,
“Blessed are those whose disobedience is forgiven and whose sins are pardoned.
Blessed is the person whom the Lord no longer considers sinful.”
I will bow toward your holy temple. I will give thanks to your name because of your mercy and truth. You have made your name and your promise greater than everything.
Whenever our conscience condemns us, we will be reassured that God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.
So we can go confidently to the throne of God’s kindness to receive mercy and find kindness, which will help us at the right time.
When a stubborn fool is irritated, he shows it immediately, but a sensible person hides the insult.
We have been sprinkled ⌞with his blood⌟ to free us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with clean water. So we must continue to come ⌞to him⌟ with a sincere heart and strong faith.
Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so that freed from our sins, we could live a life that has God’s approval. His wounds have healed you.
Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am in distress. My eyes, my soul, and my body waste away from grief.
O Lord, out of the depths I call to you.
O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be open to my pleas for mercy.
Therefore, accept each other in the same way that Christ accepted you. He did this to bring glory to God.
During times of trouble I called on the Lord. The Lord answered me ⌞and⌟ set me free ⌞from all of them⌟.
You were indeed called to be free, brothers and sisters. Don’t turn this freedom into an excuse for your corrupt nature to express itself. Rather, serve each other through love.
Better to get angry slowly than to be a hero. Better to be even-tempered than to capture a city.