147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens;

but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you -- so also ye;

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?'

Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that `is' by the more part,

so that, on the contrary, `it is' rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;

For Thou, Lord, `art' good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance `is' Mine,

for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out -- to remission of sins;

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression `is' forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

But with Thee `is' forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

Who `is' a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth `in' kindness.

He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

`Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming inn unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory `is' to pass over transgression.

for the judgment without kindness `is' to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate `us' into the reign of the Son of His love,

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,

not of works, that no one may boast;

Merciful and gracious `is' Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who `are' spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself -- lest thou also may be tempted;

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

And the all things `are' of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,

how that God was in Christ -- a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as `are' grave, as many as `are' righteous, as many as `are' pure, as many as `are' lovely, as many as `are' of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

and he -- he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'

Near `is' Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens;

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

And to whom ye forgive anything -- I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven `it', because of you -- in the person of Christ -- `I forgive it,'

that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

`Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons of God.

let no one seek his own -- but each another's.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

See mine affliction and my misery, And bear with all my sins.

I -- I `am' He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God --

being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that `is' in Christ Jesus,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness doth not come.

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

and to God -- thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;

And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace `is' on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.

All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,

Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee -- kindness and mercies,

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

for we have known Him who is saying, `Vengeance `is' Mine, I will recompense, saith the Lord;' and again, `The Lord shall judge His people;' --

fearful `is' the falling into the hands of a living God.

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these `is' love.

For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one -- Jehovah.

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

And you -- being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh -- He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

For, as the height of the heavens `is' above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,

and ye `are' a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

who `were' once not a people, and `are' now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

The sacrifices of God `are' a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

`Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered;

happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'

and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, `Drink ye of it -- all;

for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out -- to remission of sins;

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but `one' tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace -- for seasonable help.

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

But with Thee `is' forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.

`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

`But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins -- (then saith he to the paralytic) -- having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh -- in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

Gracious `is' Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God `is' merciful,

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

I have blotted out, as `by' a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as `by' a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.

and through him to reconcile the all things to himself -- having made peace through the blood of his cross -- through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

And you -- once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,

in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

for the wages of the sin `is' death, and the gift of God `is' life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have `it' abundantly.

may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.

Blessed `is' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,