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99 Bible Verses about Self-Forgiveness
God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins, he forgives them and cleanses us from everything we’ve done wrong.
Be kind to each other, sympathetic, forgiving each other as God has forgiven you through Christ.
“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.
As far as the east is from the west— that is how far he has removed our rebellious acts from himself.
Who is a God like you? You forgive sin and overlook the rebellion of your faithful people. You will not be angry forever, because you would rather show mercy.
You will again have compassion on us. You will overcome our wrongdoing. You will throw all our sins into the deep sea.
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⌟.
Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.
because I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them.”
Put up with each other, and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
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
Whoever covers over his sins does not prosper. Whoever confesses and abandons them receives compassion.
“Stop judging, and you will never be judged. Stop condemning, and you will never be condemned. Forgive, and 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.
O Lord, who would be able to stand if you kept a record of sins?
But with you there is forgiveness so that you can be feared.
“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.
But he told me: “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So I will brag even more about my weaknesses in order that Christ’s power will live in me.
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⌟.
Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.
The Lord protects the souls of his servants. All who take refuge in him will never be condemned.
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.”
Certainly, sin shouldn’t have power over you because you’re not controlled by God’s laws, but by God’s favor.
No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying, ‘Know the Lord.’ All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” declares the Lord, “because I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them.”
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my rebellious ways. Remember me, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy and your goodness.
This is a statement that can be trusted and deserves complete acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and I am the foremost sinner.
That’s what some of you were! But you have been washed and made holy, and you have received God’s approval in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
The Lord created Jacob and formed Israel. Now, this is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid, because I have reclaimed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.
Don’t become like the people of this world. Instead, change the way you think. Then you will always be able to determine what God really wants—what is good, pleasing, and perfect.
The blood of Christ, who had no defect, does even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself to God and cleansed our consciences from the useless things we had done. Now we can serve the living God.
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.
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.
The Lord isn’t slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn’t want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act.
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 he falls, he will not be thrown down headfirst because the Lord holds on to his hand.
God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.
I made your rebellious acts disappear like a thick cloud and your sins like the morning mist. Come back to me, because I have reclaimed you.
I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love which Christ Jesus our Lord shows us. We can’t be separated by death or life, by angels or rulers, by anything in the present or anything in the future, by forces
or powers in the world above or in the world below, or by anything else in creation.
I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live I live by believing in God’s Son, who loved me and took the punishment for my sins.
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.
God’s favor has been given to each of us. It was measured out to us by Christ who gave it.
Brothers and sisters, I can’t consider myself a winner yet. This is what I do: I don’t look back, I lengthen my stride, and
I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus.
The victory for righteous people comes from the Lord. He is their fortress in times of trouble.
No fear exists where his love is. Rather, perfect love gets rid of fear, because fear involves punishment. The person who lives in fear doesn’t have perfect love.
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful heart.
God has done all this. He has restored our relationship with him through Christ, and has given us this ministry of restoring relationships.
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.
so that the kindness he had given us in his dear Son would be praised and given glory.
Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.
You haven’t received the spirit of slaves that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the spirit of God’s adopted children by which we call out, “Abba! Father!”
God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God’s approval through him.
Because Jesus experienced temptation when he suffered, he is able to help others when they are tempted.
We know that the person we used to be was crucified with him to put an end to sin in our bodies. Because of this we are no longer slaves to sin.
May God, the source of hope, fill you with joy and peace through your faith in him. Then you will overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But God’s kindness made me what I am, and that kindness was not wasted on me. Instead, I worked harder than all the others. It was not I who did it, but God’s kindness was with me.
I can guarantee this truth: Those who listen to what I say and believe in the one who sent me will have eternal life. They won’t be judged because they have already passed from death to life.
So place yourselves under God’s authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.
I’m convinced that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it through to completion on the day of Christ Jesus.
We’re not ashamed to have this confidence, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
I’m asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. I pray that he would give you inner strength and power through his Spirit.
May God, who gives you this endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other by following the example of Christ Jesus.
Since we are surrounded by so many examples ⌞of faith⌟, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up.
God, who shows you his kindness and who has called you through Christ Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, strengthen you, make you strong, and support you as you suffer for a little while.
Turn your burdens over to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will never let the righteous person stumble.
Yet, the strength of those who wait with hope in the Lord will be renewed. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and won’t become weary. They will walk and won’t grow tired.
I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the Father who is compassionate and the God who gives comfort.
He comforts us whenever we suffer. That is why whenever other people suffer, we are able to comfort them by using the same comfort we have received from God.
Trust the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths smooth.
Everything written long ago was written to teach us so that we would have confidence through the endurance and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.
The Lord is my light and my salvation. Who is there to fear? The Lord is my life’s fortress. Who is there to be afraid of?
Place my yoke over your shoulders, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble. Then you will find rest for yourselves
Finally, brothers and sisters, keep your thoughts on whatever is right or deserves praise: things that are true, honorable, fair, pure, acceptable, or commendable.
In fact, we still feel as if we’re under a death sentence. But we suffered so that we would stop trusting ourselves and learn to trust God, who brings the dead back to life.
“Blessed are those whose disobedience is forgiven and whose sins are pardoned.
Blessed is the person whom the Lord no longer considers sinful.”
Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. Don’t be intimidated; I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will support you with my victorious right hand.
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God—those whom he has called according to his plan.
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.
Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Therefore, your minds must be clear and ready for action. Place your confidence completely in what God’s kindness will bring you when Jesus Christ appears again.