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147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father shall also forgive you.
“But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither shall your Father forgive your trespasses.
And be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Elohim also forgave you in Messiah.
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other if anyone has a complaint against another, indeed, as Messiah forgave you so also should you.
“And do not judge, and you shall not be judged at all. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned at all. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.
If we confess our sins, He is trustworthy and righteous to forgive us the sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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יהושע said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
“If, then, you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother holds whatever against you,
leave your gift there before the altar, and go, first make peace with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
“And whenever you stand praying, if you hold whatever against anyone, forgive, so that your Father in the heavens shall also forgive you your trespasses.
But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not made me sad, but in some degree you all – not to be too harsh.
For such a one this punishment, by the many, is sufficient,
so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such a one be swallowed up with too much sadness.
So I appeal to you to confirm your love to him.
He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
For You, יהוה, are good, and ready to forgive, And great in kindness to all those who call upon You.
“So also My heavenly Father shall do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”
“Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
“And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day comes back to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, so that you are healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous one accomplishes much.
in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of His favour,
Beloved, do not revenge yourselves, but give place to the wrath, for it has been written, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay,” says יהוה.
“For this is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.
does not behave indecently, does not seek its own, is not provoked, reckons not the evil,
And יהושע said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.
not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, in order to inherit a blessing.
“If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”
If your enemy is hungry give him bread to eat, And if he is thirsty give him water to drink,
For you are heaping coals of fire on his head, And יהוה rewards you.
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says יהוה. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
“Because I shall forgive their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I shall no longer remember.”
O Yah, if You should watch crookednesses, O יהוה, who would stand?
But with You there is forgiveness, That You might be feared.
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He shall turn back, He shall have compassion on us, He shall trample upon our crookednesses! And You throw all our sins into the depths of the sea!
He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.
But Elohim proves His own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Messiah died for us.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and displeasure, and uproar, and slander be put away from you, along with all evil.
“Therefore, whatever you wish men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Prophets.
And above all have fervent love for one another, because love covers a great number of sins.
Love is patient, is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, is not puffed up,
does not behave indecently, does not seek its own, is not provoked, reckons not the evil,
does not rejoice over the unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth,
it covers all, believes all, expects all, endures all.
Show me favour, O Elohim, According to Your kindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, Blot out my transgressions.
Wash me completely from my guilt, And cleanse me from my sin.
A man’s discretion makes him patient, And his adorning is to pass over a transgression.
For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment.
who Himself bore our sins in His body on the timber, so that we, having died to sins, might live unto righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed.
“But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering.’ For I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”
who has delivered us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the reign of the Son of His love,
in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins,
For by favour you have been saved, through belief, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of Elohim,
it is not by works, so that no one should boast.
יהוה is compassionate and showing favour, Patient, and great in kindness.
He does not always strive, nor maintain it forever.
He has not done to us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our crookednesses.
Brothers, if a man is overtaken in some trespass, you the spiritual ones, set such a one straight in a spirit of meekness, looking at yourself lest you be tried too.
See to it that no one falls short of the favour of Elohim, that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, by which many become defiled,
“Do not judge, lest you be judged.
“For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged. And with the same measure you use, it shall be measured to you.
And all matters are from Elohim, who has restored us to favour with Himself through יהושע Messiah, and has given us the service of restoration to favour,
that is, that Elohim was in Messiah restoring the world to favour unto Himself, not reckoning their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of restoration to favour.
For the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is righteous, whatever is clean, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is any uprightness and if there is any praise – think on these.
There is, then, now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah יהושע, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
And a servant of the Master should not quarrel but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient when wronged,
in meekness instructing those who are in opposition, lest somehow Elohim gives them repentance unto a thorough knowledge of the truth,
My little children, I write this to you, so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Intercessor with the Father, יהושע Messiah, a righteous One.
And He Himself is an atoning offering for our sins, and not for ours only but also for all the world.
“Therefore I say to you, her many sins have been forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, he loves little.”
And when יהושע saw their belief, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
‘Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, as I also had compassion on you?’
By kindness and truth crookedness is pardoned. And in the fear of יהוה one turns away from evil.
I have strayed like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your commands.
“A renewed command I give to you, that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
“By this shall all know that you are My taught ones, if you have love for one another.”
Let the wrong forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to יהוה, who has compassion on him, and to our Elohim, for He pardons much.
Already, then, there is a failure with you, that you have lawsuits among you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
And whom you forgive any matter, I do also. For indeed, if I have forgiven any matter, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the sight of Messiah,
lest Satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
doing none at all through selfishness or self-conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Each one should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
“I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and remember your sins no more.
for all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim,
being declared right, without paying, by His favour through the redemption which is in Messiah יהושע,
Become, then, imitators of Elohim as beloved children.
And walk in love, as Messiah also has loved us, and gave Himself for us, a gift and an offering to Elohim for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
“Then his master called him and said to him, ‘Wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt seeing you begged me.
‘Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, as I also had compassion on you?’
Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness in the heavenlies.
“And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into trial, but rescue us from the wicked one.”
“Instead, if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink, for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
And, according to the Torah, almost all is cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
“For Elohim did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
But thanks to Elohim who gives us the overcoming through our Master יהושע Messiah.
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our crookednesses. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
We all, like sheep, went astray, each one of us has turned to his own way. And יהוה has laid on Him the crookedness of us all.
“Because of this I say to you, all sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven men.
Who forgives all your crookednesses, Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with kindness and compassion,
So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,
Therefore, as chosen ones of Elohim, set-apart and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, patience,
Therefore let us not judge one another any longer, but rather judge this, not to put an obstacle or a stumbling-block in our brother’s way.
But Elohim, who is rich in compassion, because of His great love with which He loved us,
even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Messiah – by favour you have been saved –
“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those insulting you and persecuting you,
Beloved ones, let us love one another, because love is of Elohim, and everyone who loves has been born of Elohim, and knows Elohim.
The one who does not love does not know Elohim, for Elohim is love.
For we know Him who has said, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay, says יהוה.” And again, “יהוה shall judge His people.”
It is fearsome to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.
And he answering, said, “ ‘You shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbour as yourself.’ ”
Do not exult when your enemy falls, And let not your heart rejoice when he stumbles;
Lest יהוה see and it be evil in His eyes, And He turn away His wrath from him.
But the wisdom from above is first clean, then peaceable, gentle, ready to obey, filled with compassion and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
And now belief, expectation, and love remain – these three. But the greatest of these is love.
“For though the mountains be removed and the hills be shaken, My kindness is not removed from you, nor is My covenant of peace shaken,” said יהוה, who has compassion on you.
in order that He might give you, according to the riches of His esteem by power, to be strengthened in the inner man, through His Spirit,
that the Messiah might dwell in your hearts through belief – having become rooted and grounded in love,
And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
having blotted out the certificate of debt against us – by the dogmas – which stood against us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the stake.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His kindness toward those who fear Him;
As far as east is from west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of Elohim, to those believing in His Name,
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light,
who once were not a people, but now the people of Elohim; who had not obtained compassion, but now obtained compassion.
The slaughterings of Elohim are a broken spirit, A heart broken and crushed, O Elohim, These You do not despise.
“Blessed are those whose lawlessnesses are forgiven, and whose sins are covered,
blessed is the man to whom יהוה shall by no means reckon sin.”
And taking the cup, and giving thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
“For this is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.
For we do not have a High Priest unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was tried in all respects as we are, apart from sin.
Therefore, let us come boldly to the throne of favour, in order to receive compassion, and find favour for timely help.
Therefore, having been declared right by belief, we have peace with Elohim through our Master יהושע Messiah,
“And the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
And do not grieve the Set-apart Spirit of Elohim, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and displeasure, and uproar, and slander be put away from you, along with all evil.
Let your word always be with favour, seasoned with salt, so that you know how you ought to answer each one.
For I say, through the favour which has been given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he should think, but to think soberly, as Elohim has given to each a measure of belief.
‘And do not lead us into trial, but deliver us from the wicked one – because Yours is the reign and the power and the esteem, forever. Amĕ
“But the tax collector standing at a distance would not even raise his eyes to the heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘Elohim, show favour unto me, a sinner!’
And the Elohim of endurance and encouragement give you to be of the same mind toward one another, according to Messiah יהושע,
I acknowledged my sin to You, And my crookedness I did not hide. I have said, “I confess my transgressions to יהוה,” And You forgave the crookedness of my sin. Selah.
For whatever was written before was written for our instruction, that through endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have the expectation.
“I say to you, in the same way there is joy in the presence of the messengers of Elohim over one sinner repenting.”
Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says יהוה, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you.
“And if your brother sins against you, go and reprove him, between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
“I have been impaled with Messiah, and I no longer live, but Messiah lives in me. And that which I now live in the flesh I live by belief in the Son of Elohim, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be proud in mind, but go along with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
“I shall wipe out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I shall redeem you.”
“Let your light so shine before men, so that they see your good works and praise your Father who is in the heavens.
and through Him to completely restore to favour all unto Himself, whether on earth or in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of His stake.
And you, who once were estranged and enemies in the mind by wicked works, but now He has completely restored to favour
in the body of His flesh through death, to present you set-apart, and blameless, and unreprovable before Him,
For the wages of sin is death, but the favourable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah יהושע our Master.
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to slaughter, and to destroy. I have come that they might possess life, and that they might possess it beyond measure.
let us draw near with a true heart in completeness of belief, having our hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies washed with clean water.
Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O יהוה ; Let Your kindness and Your truth always watch over me.
Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, who according to His great compassion has caused us to be born again to a living expectation through the resurrection of יהושע Messiah from the dead,
to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, having been kept in the heavens for you,