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 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.

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

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

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

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

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

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

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

`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;

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;

`Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

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.

and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

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

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,

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

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

and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it `is' great.

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.

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

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!

`Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered; happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'

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

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us; much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath; for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

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;

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

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.

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

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,

`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.'

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;

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

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

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

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

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 iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand? But with Thee `is' forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

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

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings. `And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

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

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

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

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him; and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son. `And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet; and having brought the fatted calf, kill `it', and having eaten, we may be merry,because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

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

By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression `is' forgiven, Whose sin is covered.O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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.

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

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

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

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;

`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.

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

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,

and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

and he having seen their faith, said to him, `Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

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

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