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147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness
“For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.
But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.
And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times? ”
“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.
So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,
leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.
If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree — not to exaggerate — to all of you.
The punishment inflicted by the majority is sufficient for that person.
As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.
Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive, rich in faithful love to all who call on You.
So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart.”
Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.
Remember Lot’s wife!
Whoever tries to make his life secure will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other will be left.
Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.
Two will be in a field: One will be taken, and the other will be left. ”
“Where, Lord? ” they asked Him. He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”
And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for His wrath. For it is written: Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay, says the Lord.
For this is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.
does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs.
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided His clothes and cast lots.
not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
“Come, let us discuss this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will be like wool.
Yahweh, if You considered sins, Lord, who could stand?
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be revered.
Who is a God like You, removing iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not hold on to His anger forever, because He delights in faithful love.
He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!
All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.
Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them — this is the Law and the Prophets.
Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited,
does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs.
Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Therefore accept one another, just as the Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God.
Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithful love; according to Your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.
God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not banish me from Your presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore the joy of Your salvation to me, and give me a willing spirit.
Then I will teach the rebellious Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; You are not pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart.
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build the walls of Jerusalem.
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.
For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; you have been healed by His wounds.
Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. 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 the Son He loves.
We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, in Him.
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift —
not from works, so that no one can boast.
Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so you also won’t be tempted.
Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.
“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them — this is the Law and the Prophets.
“Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it.
How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.
You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.
Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
For with the judgment you use, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us.
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable — if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise — dwell on these things.
The Lord’s slave must not quarrel, but must be gentle to everyone, able to teach, and patient,
instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.
My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father — Jesus Christ the Righteous One.
The one who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven because of Jesus’ name.
I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know the One who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have had victory over the evil one.
I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the One who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, God’s word remains in you, and you have had victory over the evil one.
Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
For everything that belongs to the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle — is not from the Father, but is from the world.
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.
Children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard, “Antichrist is coming,” even now many antichrists have come. We know from this that it is the last hour.
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.
He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.
Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”
Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness, and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.
“For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.
“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another.
By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will freely forgive.
Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated?
If you forgive anyone, I do too. For what I have forgiven — if I have forgiven anything — it is for you in the presence of Christ.
I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.
Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
“It is I who sweep away your transgressions for My own sake and remember your sins no more.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.
Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.
For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.
Everything exposed by the light is made clear,
for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk — not as unwise people but as wise —
making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music from your heart to the Lord,
And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
“Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you? ’
For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us. And do not bring us into temptation.”
But If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For in so doing you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.
Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished Him for the iniquity of us all.
Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
He forgives all your sin; He heals all your diseases.
He redeems your life from the Pit; He crowns you with faithful love and compassion.
My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,
made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge His people.
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!
He answered: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
Don’t gloat when your enemy falls, and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
or the Lord will see, be displeased, and turn His wrath away from him.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.
Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you and My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” says your compassionate Lord.
I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit,
and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,
And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses.
He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His faithful love toward those who fear Him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His name,
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart.
How joyful are those whose lawless acts are forgiven and whose sins are covered!
How joyful is the man the Lord will never charge with sin!
Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you.
For this is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.
Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.
All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.
Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me — a sinner! ’
Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement allow you to live in harmony with one another, according to the command of Christ Jesus,
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not conceal my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and You took away the guilt of my sin. Selah
But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — then He told the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.
I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord; do not touch any unclean thing, and I will welcome you.
“If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Be in agreement with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
and through Him to reconcile everything to Himself by making peace through the blood of His cross — whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions.
But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him —
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
Lord, do not withhold Your compassion from me; Your constant love and truth will always guard me.
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.