95 Bible verses about forgiving wholeheartedly

For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

Instead, be kind to one another, tender-hearted, graciously forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has graciously forgiven you.

bearing with one another, and graciously forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord graciously forgave you, so also should you.

“And do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.

Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”

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

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

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

¶“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says Yahweh, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.

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

How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in Yahweh, lovingkindness shall surround him.

Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

How blessed is the man whose iniquity Yahweh will not take into account, And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

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

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will receive compassion.

But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

never taking your own revenge, beloved—instead leave room for the wrath of God. For it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

But one whom you graciously forgive anything, I graciously forgive also. For indeed what I have graciously forgiven, if I have graciously forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

But with You there is forgiveness, That You may be feared.

“For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And I will remember their sins no more.”

Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out, and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.

Remember Lot’s wife.

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

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

There will be two women grinding grain at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.

[Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.”]

And answering they *said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”

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

Be gracious to 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 steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.

¶Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.

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

¶By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young 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,

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

¶“I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but giving a blessing instead, for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.

leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

He is the One who heals the brokenhearted And who binds up their wounds,

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our transgressions, according to the riches of His grace

A man’s insight makes him slow to anger, And it is his honor to overlook a transgression.

“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered.

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

¶Yahweh is gracious and compassionate; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates close companions.

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

and do not give the devil an opportunity.

I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not cover up; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh;” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

And you being dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him, having graciously forgiven us all our transgressions.

And feeling compassion, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt.

And the prayer offered in faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to Yahweh, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

Never paying back evil for evil to anyone, respecting what is good in the sight of all men,

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.

So, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;

My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your hearts.”

but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the abundance of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

So he rose up 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”; Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!

And treat others the same way you want them to treat you.

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

¶Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

“And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

If You should keep iniquities, O Yah, O Lord, who could stand?

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

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

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

Brothers, even if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, each of you looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.

“Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

¶Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah.

For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

it does not act unbecomingly, does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered;

A fool lets out all of his spirit, But a wise man holds it back.

Many are Your compassions, O Yahweh; Revive me according to Your judgments.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, For to You I call all day long.

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

“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered.

“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”

I will worship toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

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

An ignorant fool’s anger is known at once, But a prudent man conceals disgrace.

¶I hate those who are double-minded, But I love Your law.

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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

Who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that having died to sin, we might live to righteousness; by His wounds you were healed.

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

Out of the depths I called to You, O Yahweh.

O Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.

Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.

for “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law.

¶From my distress I called upon Yah; Yah answered me and set me in a large place.

For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not turn your freedom into 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 have been forgiven you for His name’s sake.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.

Yahweh is good to all, And His compassions are over all His works.

But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;

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

For he will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever.