147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness

For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

but if you do not forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will not forgive yours.

Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted; and forgive each other, just as in the Messiah God has also forgiven you.

Bear with one another; if anyone has a complaint against someone else, forgive him. Indeed, just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.

“Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

If we acknowledge our sins, then, since he is trustworthy and just, he will forgive them and purify us from all wrongdoing.

Then Kefa came up and said to him, “Rabbi, how often can my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven times?”

“No, not seven times,” answered Yeshua, “but seventy times seven!

So if you are offering your gift at the Temple altar and you remember there that your brother has something against you,

leave your gift where it is by the altar, and go, make peace with your brother. Then come back and offer your gift.

And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive your offenses.”

Now if someone has been a cause of pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but, in some measure — I don’t want to overstate it — all of you.

For such a person the punishment already imposed on him by the majority is sufficient,

so that now you should do the opposite — forgive him, encourage him, comfort him. Otherwise such a person might be swallowed up in overwhelming depression.

So I urge you to show that you really do love him.

He who conceals an offense promotes love, but he who harps on it can separate even close friends.

If possible, and to the extent that it depends on you, live in peace with all people.

Adonai, you are kind and forgiving, full of grace toward all who call on you.

This is how my heavenly Father will treat you, unless you each forgive your brother from your hearts.”

Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, if someone is on the roof with his belongings in his house, he must not go down to take them away. Similarly, if someone is in the field, he must not turn back —

remember Lot’s wife!

Whoever aims at preserving his own life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will stay alive.

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

There will be two women grinding grain together — one will be taken and the other left behind.”

They asked him, “Where, Lord?” He answered, “Wherever there’s a dead body, that’s where the vultures gather.”

Also, if seven times in one day he sins against you, and seven times he comes to you and says, ‘I repent,’ you are to forgive him.”

Therefore, openly acknowledge your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Forgive us what we have done wrong, as we too have forgiven those who have wronged us.

In union with him, through the shedding of his blood, we are set free — our sins are forgiven; this accords with the wealth of the grace

He has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west.

Never seek revenge, my friends; instead, leave that to God’s anger; for in the Tanakh it is written, “Adonai says, ‘Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay.’”

For this is my blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, my blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven.

Hate stirs up disputes, but love covers all kinds of transgressions.

not proud, rude or selfish, not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs.

he then adds, “ ‘And their sins and their wickednesses I will remember no more.’ ”

Yeshua said, “Father, forgive them; they don’t understand what they are doing.” They divided up his clothes by throwing dice.

By David. A maskil: How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, those whose sin is covered!

not repaying evil with evil or insult with insult, but, on the contrary, with blessing. For it is to this that you have been called, so that you may receive a blessing.

If you forgive someone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you hold them, they are held.”

Bless those who persecute you — bless them, don’t curse them!

If someone who hates you is hungry, give him food to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

For you will heap fiery coals [of shame] on his head, and Adonai will reward you.

“Come now,” says Adonai, “let’s talk this over together. Even if your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow; even if they are red as crimson, they will be like wool.

because I will be merciful toward their wickednesses and remember their sins no more.’”

Yah, if you kept a record of sins, who, Adonai, could stand?

But with you there is forgiveness, so that you will be feared.

Who is a God like you, pardoning the sin and overlooking the crimes of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in grace.

He will again have compassion on us, he will subdue our iniquities. You will throw all their sins into the depths of the sea.

He who conceals his sins will not succeed; he who confesses and abandons them will gain mercy.

But God demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, violent assertiveness and slander, along with all spitefulness.

“Always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that sums up the teaching of the Torah and the Prophets.

More than anything, keep loving each other actively; because love covers many sins.

Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful,

not proud, rude or selfish, not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not gloat over other people’s sins but takes its delight in the truth.

Love always bears up, always trusts, always hopes, always endures.

So welcome each other, just as the Messiah has welcomed you into God’s glory.

“How blessed are those who show mercy! for they will be shown mercy.

For the leader. A psalm of David,

Let me hear the sound of joy and gladness, so that the bones you crushed can rejoice.

Turn away your face from my sins, and blot out all my crimes.

Create in me a clean heart, God; renew in me a resolute spirit.

Don’t thrust me away from your presence, don’t take your Ruach Kodesh away from me.

Restore my joy in your salvation, and let a willing spirit uphold me.

Then I will teach the wicked your ways, and sinners will return to you.

Rescue me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation! Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness —

Adonai, open my lips; then my mouth will praise you.

For you don’t want sacrifices, or I would give them; you don’t take pleasure in burnt offerings.

My sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God, you won’t spurn a broken, chastened heart.

when Natan the prophet came to him after his affair with Bat-Sheva:

People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

For judgment will be without mercy toward one who doesn’t show mercy; but mercy wins out over judgment.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the stake, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness — by his wounds you were healed.

As for you, go and learn what this means: ‘I want compassion rather than animal-sacrifices.’ For I didn’t come to call the ‘righteous,’ but sinners!”

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.

It is through his Son that we have redemption — that is, our sins have been forgiven.

For you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God’s gift.

You were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast.

Brothers, suppose someone is caught doing something wrong. You who have the Spirit should set him right, but in a spirit of humility, keeping an eye on yourselves so that you won’t be tempted too.

See to it that no one misses out on God’s grace, that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble and thus contaminates many,

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

So if you, even though you are bad, know how to give your children gifts that are good, how much more will your Father in heaven keep giving good things to those who keep asking him!

“Always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that sums up the teaching of the Torah and the Prophets.

“Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it;

but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

“Beware of the false prophets! They come to you wearing sheep’s clothing, but underneath they are hungry wolves!

You will recognize them by their fruit. Can people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

Likewise, every healthy tree produces good fruit, but a poor tree produces bad fruit.

A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, or a poor tree good fruit.

Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire!

For the way you judge others is how you will be judged — the measure with which you measure out will be used to measure to you.

And it is all from God, who through the Messiah has reconciled us to himself and has given us the work of that reconciliation,

which is that God in the Messiah was reconciling mankind to himself, not counting their sins against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

In conclusion, brothers, focus your thoughts on what is true, noble, righteous, pure, lovable or admirable, on some virtue or on something praiseworthy.

Therefore, there is no longer any condemnation awaiting those who are in union with the Messiah Yeshua.

and a slave of the Lord shouldn’t fight. On the contrary, he should be kind to everyone, a good teacher, and not resentful when mistreated.

Also he should be gentle as he corrects his opponents. For God may perhaps grant them the opportunity to turn from their sins, acquire full knowledge of the truth,

Let me hear the sound of joy and gladness, so that the bones you crushed can rejoice.

My children, I am writing you these things so that you won’t sin. But if anyone does sin, we have Yeshua the Messiah, the Tzaddik, who pleads our cause with the Father.

The person who keeps loving his brother remains in the light, and there is nothing in him that could make him trip.

But the person who hates his brother is in the dark — yes, he is walking in the dark, and he doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

You children, I am writing you because your sins have been forgiven for his sake.

You fathers, I am writing you because you have known him who has existed from the beginning. You young people, I am writing you because you have overcome the Evil One.

You children, I have written you because you have known the Father. You fathers, I have written you because you have known him who has existed from the beginning. You young people, I have written you because you are strong — the Word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the Evil One.

Do not love the world or the things of the world. If someone loves the world, then love for the Father is not in him;

because all the things of the world — the desires of the old nature, the desires of the eyes, and the pretensions of life — are not from the Father but from the world.

And the world is passing away, along with its desires. But whoever does God’s will remains forever.

Children, this is the Last Hour. You have heard that an Anti-Messiah is coming; and in fact, many anti-Messiahs have arisen now — which is how we know that this is the Last Hour.

They went out from us, but they weren’t part of us; for had they been part of us, they would have remained with us.

Also, he is the kapparah for our sins — and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.

Because of this, I tell you that her sins — which are many! — have been forgiven, because she loved much. But someone who has been forgiven only a little loves only a little.”

[The righteous] cried out, and Adonai heard, and he saved them from all their troubles.

Seeing their trust, Yeshua said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Shouldn’t you have had pity on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’

Grace and truth atone for iniquity, and people turn from evil through fear of Adonai.

I strayed like a lost sheep; seek out your servant; for I do not forget your mitzvot.

Don’t let love be a mere outward show. Recoil from what is evil, and cling to what is good.

For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

“Treat other people as you would like them to treat you.

“I am giving you a new command: that you keep on loving each other. In the same way that I have loved you, you are also to keep on loving each other.

Everyone will know that you are my talmidim by the fact that you have love for each other.”

turn from evil and do good, seek peace and chase after it.

Let the wicked person abandon his way and the evil person his thoughts; let him return to Adonai, and he will have mercy on him; let him return to our God, for he will freely forgive.

Actually, if you are bringing lawsuits against each other, it is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

Anyone you forgive, I forgive too. For indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if there has been anything to forgive, has been for your sake in the presence of the Messiah

so that we will not be taken advantage of by the Adversary — for we are quite aware of his schemes!

A gentle response deflects fury, but a harsh word makes tempers rise.

See that no one repays evil for evil; on the contrary, always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone.

“How blessed are those who make peace! for they will be called sons of God.

No one should be looking out for his own interests, but for those of his fellow.

Do nothing out of rivalry or vanity; but, in humility, regard each other as better than yourselves —

For he risked his life and nearly died working for the Messiah, in order to give me the help you were not in a position to give.

look out for each other’s interests and not just for your own.

See my affliction and suffering, and take all my sins away.

I, yes I, am the one who blots out your offenses for my own sake; I will not remember your sins.

since all have sinned and come short of earning God’s praise.

By God’s grace, without earning it, all are granted the status of being considered righteous before him, through the act redeeming us from our enslavement to sin that was accomplished by the Messiah Yeshua.

So imitate God, as his dear children;

try to determine what will please the Lord.

Have nothing to do with the deeds produced by darkness, but instead expose them,

for it is shameful even to speak of the things these people do in secret.

But everything exposed to the light is revealed clearly for what it is,

since anything revealed is a light. This is why it says, “Get up, sleeper! Arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you!”

Therefore, pay careful attention to how you conduct your life — live wisely, not unwisely.

Use your time well, for these are evil days.

So don’t be foolish, but try to understand what the will of the Lord is.

Don’t get drunk with wine, because it makes you lose control. Instead, keep on being filled with the Spirit —

sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to each other; sing to the Lord and make music in your heart to him;

and live a life of love, just as also the Messiah loved us, indeed, on our behalf gave himself up as an offering, as a slaughtered sacrifice to God with a pleasing fragrance.

True, I was born guilty, was a sinner from the moment my mother conceived me.

Then the master summoned his servant and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt just because you begged me to do it.

Shouldn’t you have had pity on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’

For we are not struggling against human beings, but against the rulers, authorities and cosmic powers governing this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm.

Forgive us our sins, for we too forgive everyone who has wronged us. And do not lead us to hard testing.’”

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For by doing this, you will heap fiery coals [of shame] on his head.”

Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

In fact, according to the Torah, almost everything is purified with blood; indeed, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost.”

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but rather so that through him, the world might be saved.

but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah!

But he was wounded because of our crimes, crushed because of our sins; the disciplining that makes us whole fell on him, and by his bruises* we are healed.

We all, like sheep, went astray; we turned, each one, to his own way; yet Adonai laid on him the guilt of all of us.

Because of this, I tell you that people will be forgiven any sin and blasphemy, but blaspheming the Ruach HaKodesh will not be forgiven.

He forgives all your offenses, he heals all your diseases,

he redeems your life from the pit, he surrounds you with grace and compassion,

Therefore, my dear brothers, let every person be quick to listen but slow to speak, slow to get angry;

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with feelings of compassion and with kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Therefore, let’s stop passing judgment on each other! Instead, make this one judgment — not to put a stumbling block or a snare in a brother’s way.

But God is so rich in mercy and loves us with such intense love

that, even when we were dead because of our acts of disobedience, he brought us to life along with the Messiah — it is by grace that you have been delivered.

But I tell you, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!

Beloved friends, let us love one another; because love is from God; and everyone who loves has God as his Father and knows God.

Those who do not love, do not know God; because God is love.

For the One we know is the One who said, “Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay,” and then said, “Adonai will judge his people.”

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

He answered, “You are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls; don’t let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

For Adonai might see it, and it would displease him; he might withdraw his anger from your foe.

But the wisdom from above is, first of all, pure, then peaceful, kind, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Stop being angry, put aside rage, and don’t be upset — it leads to evil.

But for now, three things last — trust, hope, love; and the greatest of these is love.

For the mountains may leave and the hills be removed, but my grace will never leave you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says Adonai, who has compassion on you.

I pray that from the treasures of his glory he will empower you with inner strength by his Spirit,

so that the Messiah may live in your hearts through your trusting. Also I pray that you will be rooted and founded in love,

You were dead because of your sins, that is, because of your “foreskin,” your old nature. But God made you alive along with the Messiah by forgiving you all your sins.

He wiped away the bill of charges against us. Because of the regulations, it stood as a testimony against us; but he removed it by nailing it to the execution-stake.

because his mercy toward those who fear him is as far above earth as heaven.

He has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west.

But to as many as did receive him, to those who put their trust in his person and power, he gave the right to become children of God,

Adonai, open my lips; then my mouth will praise you.

“This is my command: that you keep on loving each other just as I have loved you.

“Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered over;

Blessed is the man whose sin Adonai will not reckon against his account.”

Also he took a cup of wine, made the b’rakhah, and gave it to them, saying, “All of you, drink from it!

For this is my blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, my blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven.

For we do not have a cohen gadol unable to empathize with our weaknesses; since in every respect he was tempted just as we are, the only difference being that he did not sin.

Therefore, let us confidently approach the throne from which God gives grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace in our time of need.

A man who is kind does himself good, but the cruel does harm to himself.

So, since we have come to be considered righteous by God because of our trust, let us continue to have shalom with God through our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.

So out of pity for him, the master let him go and forgave the debt.

Don’t cause grief to God’s Ruach HaKodesh, for he has stamped you as his property until the day of final redemption.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, violent assertiveness and slander, along with all spitefulness.

let your conversation always be gracious and interesting, so that you will know how to respond to any particular individual.

But with you there is forgiveness, so that you will be feared.

For I am telling every single one of you, through the grace that has been given to me, not to have exaggerated ideas about your own importance. Instead, develop a sober estimate of yourself based on the standard which God has given to each of you, namely, trust.

And do not lead us into hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One. For kingship, power and glory are yours forever. Amen.’

But the tax-collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes toward heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God! Have mercy on me, sinner that I am!’

And may God, the source of encouragement and patience, give you the same attitude among yourselves as the Messiah Yeshua had,

When I acknowledged my sin to you, when I stopped concealing my guilt, and said, “I will confess my offenses to Adonai”; then you, you forgave the guilt of my sin. (Selah)

He who covers up hate has lips that lie, and anyone who slanders is a fool.

Therefore, submit to God. Moreover, take a stand against the Adversary, and he will flee from you.

But look! I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” He then said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your mattress, and go home!”

For everything written in the past was written to teach us, so that with the encouragement of the Tanakh we might patiently hold on to our hope.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy among God’s angels when one sinner repents.”

Love Adonai, you faithful of his. Adonai preserves the loyal, but the proud he repays in full.

Therefore Adonai says, “‘Go out from their midst; separate yourselves; don’t even touch what is unclean. Then I myself will receive you.

“Moreover, if your brother commits a sin against you, go and show him his fault — but privately, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

When the Messiah was executed on the stake as a criminal, I was too; so that my proud ego no longer lives. But the Messiah lives in me, and the life I now live in my body I live by the same trusting faithfulness that the Son of God had, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Adonai is merciful and righteous; yes, our God is compassionate.

Be sensitive to each other’s needs — don’t think yourselves better than others, but make humble people your friends. Don’t be conceited.

Like a thick cloud, I wipe away your offenses; like a cloud, your sins. Come back to me, for I have redeemed you.”

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.

and through his Son to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace through him, through having his Son shed his blood by being executed on a stake.

In other words, you, who at one time were separated from God and had a hostile attitude towards him because of your wicked deeds,

he has now reconciled in the Son’s physical body through his death; in order to present you holy and without defect or reproach before himself —

Throw all your anxieties upon him, because he cares about you.

For what one earns from sin is death; but eternal life is what one receives as a free gift from God, in union with the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.

The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, life in its fullest measure.

Therefore, let us approach the Holiest Place with a sincere heart, in the full assurance that comes from trusting — with our hearts sprinkled clean from a bad conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

I did not hide your righteousness in my heart but declared your faithfulness and salvation; I did not conceal your grace and truth from the great assembly.”

Praised be God, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who, in keeping with his great mercy, has caused us, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from the dead, to be born again to a living hope,

to an inheritance that cannot decay, spoil or fade, kept safe for you in heaven.