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 men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

In Him we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,

if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases,

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

And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your sins.

Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.

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

Therefore I say to you, all kinds of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven men.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dear Son,in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

For I will be merciful toward their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

For You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in mercy to all who call on You.

And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

God overlooked the times of ignorance, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent.

Therefore repent and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

For Your name’s sake, O  Lord, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Whomever you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if I forgave someone anything, for your sakes I forgave it in Christ,lest Satan should take advantage of us. For we are not ignorant of his devices.

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your willing spirit.Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness.O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure; build the walls of Jerusalem.Then You will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Take heed to yourselves. “If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.“So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.On that day let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away. And likewise let him who is in the field not return to the things behind.Remember Lot’s wife.Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.I tell you, on that night two men will be in one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left.Two women will be grinding grain together; the one will be taken and the other will be left.Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken and the other will be left.”They asked, “Where, Lord?” He replied, “Where the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.”If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Brothers, if a man is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, watching yourselves, lest you also be tempted.

But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be feared.

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates the best of friends.

For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.

Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse, but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you may receive a blessing.

If you, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be feared.

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.”So he arose and came to his father. “But while he was yet far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran and embraced his neck and kissed him.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they divided His clothes by casting lots.

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

then He adds, “Their sins and lawless deeds will I remember no more.”

So he arose and came to his father. “But while he was yet far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran and embraced his neck and kissed him.“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him. And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.Bring here the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.For this son of mine was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to be merry.

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so you will heap coals of fire on his head.”Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but lovingkindness will surround the man who trusts in the Lord.Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!Blessed is the man against whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Be therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

If you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained.”

The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has resurrected together with Him, having forgiven you all sins.He blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us and contrary to us, and He took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

“Judge not, that you be not judged.Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!Therefore, everything you would like men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.“Enter at the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who are going through it,because small is the gate and narrow is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.You will know them by their fruit. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?Even so, every good tree bears good fruit. But a corrupt tree bears evil fruit.A good tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit.Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged. And with the measure you use, it will be measured again for you.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

And behold, they brought to Him a man sick with paralysis, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven you.”

When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

does not behave itself improperly, seeks not its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;

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