95 Bible verses about forgiving wholeheartedly

For if ye set men free from their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also set you free;

but if ye do not set men free from their trespasses, neither will your Father set you free from your trespasses.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.

forbearing one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a quarrel against another: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

¶ Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven;

¶ 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 unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times, but, Until seventy times seven.

And when ye are praying, forgive if ye have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in the heavens will also forgive you your trespasses.

He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as the heavens are high above the earth so does he increase his mercy over those that fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our rebellions from us.

Then come, shall the Lord say, and we shall be even; if your sins were as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow; if they were red like crimson, they shall become as 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 he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

There are many sorrows for the wicked; but he that waits in the Lord, mercy shall compass him round about.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous, and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

¶ He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.

Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment and cast lots.

Not defending yourselves, dearly beloved; but rather give place unto the wrath of God, for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.

And, behold, they brought him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the paralyzed man, Trust, son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also; for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it in the person of Christ,

Therefore there is forgiveness close to thee, that thou may be feared.

For I will reconcile their iniquities and their sins, and their iniquities I will remember no more.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother should trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

In that day, he who shall be upon the housetop and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not turn back.

Remember Lot’s wife.

Whosoever shall seek to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall cause it to live.

I tell you in that night there shall be two men in one bed: the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

And if he trespasses against thee seven times in a day and seven times in a day turns again to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

And set us free from our debts, as we set free our debtors.

¶ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy mercy; according unto the multitude of thy compassion eradicate my rebellion.

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

Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy saving health, and thy spirit of liberty shall uphold me.

Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

¶ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

For thou dost not desire sacrifice or else would I give it; thou dost not delight in burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Then thou shalt be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, the burnt offering, the offering that has been totally consumed by the fire; then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

for all have sinned and are made destitute of the glory of God,

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

But thou, O Lord, art a merciful and gracious God, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth.

I, even I, am he that uproots thy rebellions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.

not rendering evil for evil or curse for curse, but to the contrary, blessing, knowing that ye are called, that ye should possess a blessing by inheritance.

leave thy gift there before the altar, and go; first restore friendship with thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

He heals the broken hearted, and he binds up their wounds.

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace,

¶ The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered.

¶ My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ;

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy.

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

¶ He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

Be ye angry and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

neither give place to the devil.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and I have not hid my iniquity. I said, I will confess (against myself) my rebellions unto the Lord, and thou shalt forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

¶ And you, being dead in sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

Then the lord of that slave was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt.

and the prayer of faith shall cause the one who is sick to be saved, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he shall be forgiven them.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Not repaying anyone evil for evil; procuring that which is good not only in the sight of God, but even in the sight of all men.

He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

¶ Clothed, therefore, (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) with bowels of mercies, with kindness, with humility, with meekness, with tolerance,

So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you unless from your hearts ye forgive every one his brother their trespasses.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with him in the midst of us, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanses us from all sin.

¶ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy mercy; according unto the multitude of thy compassion eradicate my rebellion.

And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

¶ Say not thou, I will take vengeance, but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,

But God increased the price of his charity toward us in that while we were yet sinners the Christ died for us.

¶ Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

And as ye desire that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins,

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

and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

¶ A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

So that sin shall have no dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

If thou, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall endure?

But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins (then said he to the paralyzed man), Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

¶ Brethren, if anyone is overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted.

Therefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily lades us with benefits, even the God of our saving health. Selah.

Therefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.

is not injurious, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil,

¶ The fool gives full rein to his spirit, but the wise man in the end will bring it into rest.

¶ Many are thy tender mercies, O Lord: cause me to live according to thy judgments.

Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I cry unto thee daily.

Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man unto whom God doth attribute righteousness without works,

saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute sin.

I will worship the temple of thy holiness and praise thy name above thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast made thy name to be magnificent and raised up thy spoken word above all things.

¶ And if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of his grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

¶ A fool’s wrath is presently known, but he who covers the injury is sane.

¶ I hate vain thoughts; but I love thy law.

¶ So that now, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ, Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

For if ye set men free from their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also set you free;

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

he himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose wound ye were healed.

¶ Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

¶ Out of the depths I cry unto thee, O Lord.

Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

¶ Therefore bear one another, as the Christ also bore us, to the glory of God.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

¶ Rivers of waters ran down my eyes because they did not keep thy law.

From a tight place I called upon JAH; and JAH answered me and set me in a wide place.

¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only do not use liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by charity serve one another.

for all have sinned and are made destitute of the glory of God,

¶ I write unto you, little children, that your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

¶ He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.

The Lord is good to all; and his tender mercies shine over all his works.

but if ye do not set men free from their trespasses, neither will your Father set you free from your trespasses.

Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases;

Be ye angry and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

¶ Surely he shall not be moved for ever; the righteous shall be in eternal remembrance.