99 Bible Verses about Self-Forgiveness

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

And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

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

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

Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.

He will again have compassion upon us. He will tread down our iniquities, and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

For I will be merciful toward their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.

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

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

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

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

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

For You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in mercy to all who call on You.

then He adds, “Their sins and lawless deeds will I remember no more.”

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

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

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

But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be feared.

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

But if you do not forgive men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Have mercy on 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 right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your willing spirit.

Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, 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 do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.

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

Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure; build the walls of Jerusalem.

Then You will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; 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 come short of the glory of God,

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

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

Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.

The Lord redeems the life of His servants, and none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

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

For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law, but under grace.

They shall teach no more every man his neighbor and every man his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,” for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your lovingkindness remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O  Lord.

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

Such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, and you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus by the Spirit of our God.

But now, thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they divided His clothes by casting lots.

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

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness. But He is patient with us, because He does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

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

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.

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

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and your sins, as a cloud. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present nor things to come,

neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in my body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

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

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

Above all things, have unfailing love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins.

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

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Brothers, I do not count myself to have attained, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

I press toward the goal to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their refuge in the time of trouble.

for with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. Whoever fears is not perfect in love.

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

All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation,

He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. “By His wounds you were healed.”

to the praise of the glory of His grace which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.

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

For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

I can do all things, because of Christ who strengthens me.

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

For since He Himself suffered while being tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with Him, so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we should no longer be slaves to sin.

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. And His grace toward me was not in vain. I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

“Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.

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

Therefore submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Be strong, and He will strengthen your heart, all you who wait for the Lord.

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

that He would give you, according to the riches of His glory, power to be strengthened by His Spirit in the inner man,

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and self-control.

Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,

Therefore, since we are encompassed with such a great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

But after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.

Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.

but those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows right well.

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

So comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, just as you are doing.

For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me. For I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.

We had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.

“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

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

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be sober, and set your hope fully upon the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.