60 Bible verses about Forgiveness

When I truly repent and humble myself before God, I know He is faithful and just to forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. It's through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross that I can receive this forgiveness. It's such a gift.

And you know, it makes me think about how God wants me to extend that same grace to others. He wants me to reflect His love to everyone around me, to be a reflection of Jesus in every moment. It's a challenge sometimes, but it's so important.

Forgiving others, I've found, is really about freeing myself. It's about healing those deep wounds and finding freedom from bitterness. It's not easy, but it's so worth it.

I want to practice gratitude and turn away from sin, coming to God with a repentant heart, knowing He will always forgive me. And hopefully, I can pay that forward and offer forgiveness just as freely as I've received it.

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.

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

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

then, if my people, who bear my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their land.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

“Therefore, brothers, let it be known to you that through this man is proclaimed forgiveness of sins!

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

Also, everyone who says something against the Son of Man will have it forgiven him; but whoever has blasphemed the Ruach HaKodesh will not be forgiven.

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

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.

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

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

The prayer offered with trust will heal the one who is ill — the Lord will restore his health; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

“In the past, God overlooked such ignorance; but now he is commanding all people everywhere to turn to him from their sins.

“Therefore, repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be erased;

For the sake of your name, Adonai, forgive my wickedness, great though it is.

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!

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

“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.

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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.’”In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the ‘olam hazeh. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.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.”

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:

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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.’”

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.

Yah, if you kept a record of sins, who, Adonai, could stand?But with you there is forgiveness, so that you will be feared.

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

I’m going to get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you;I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.” ’and the P’rushim and Torah-teachers kept grumbling. “This fellow,” they said, “welcomes sinners — he even eats with them!”So he got up and started back to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran and threw his arms around him and kissed him warmly.

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

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

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

So he got up and started back to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran and threw his arms around him and kissed him warmly.His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son — ’but his father said to his slaves, ‘Quick, bring out a robe, the best one, and put it on him; and put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet;and bring the calf that has been fattened up, and kill it. Let’s eat and have a celebration!For this son of mine was dead, but now he’s alive again! He was lost, but now he has been found!’ And they began celebrating.

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.’”In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the ‘olam hazeh. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.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.

By David. A maskil: How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, those whose sin is covered!Many are the torments of the wicked, but grace surrounds those who trust in Adonai.Be glad in Adonai; rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you upright in heart!How blessed those to whom Adonai imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no deceit!

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.

Show compassion, just as your Father shows compassion.

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

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

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.

“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.

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

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.

Some people brought him a paralyzed man lying on a mattress. When Yeshua saw their trust, he said to the paralyzed man, “Courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”

When Yeshua saw their trust, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”

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

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