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99 Bible Verses about Self-Forgiveness
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.
As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.
There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.
You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea.
I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!
“For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.”
bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, “I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord.” And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)
But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.
“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!
Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!
Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me!
Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you.
Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.
O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.
Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.
The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit – O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!
Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.
Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little.”
“People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!
Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
[But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you.”
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!
Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,
with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.
The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit – O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.
But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.
For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.
Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin.”
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.