74 Bible verses about asking for forgiveness

Facing up to my mistakes and saying "I'm sorry" takes guts. It means pushing past pride and arrogance, and showing true humility. It's not about whether I was the one hurt; it's about always trying to please God in everything I do.

Even if the other person doesn't apologize, and the Holy Spirit nudges me to say I'm sorry anyway, I know I'll receive God's grace and favor. It might be tough for a lot of folks, but choosing to forgive is truly liberating. It sets me free to move forward.

Holding onto grudges and refusing to forgive poisons my soul and can even cause physical pain. Forgiveness, on the other hand, is good for my body and soul. It's like a cleansing process that draws me closer to God.

It's so important to confess my sins and admit when I'm wrong to God, who frees me from all evil. His love and forgiveness cover every part of me; there's no limit to what He can forgive.

But yf we knowlege oure synnes, he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes,

And whan ye stonde and praye, forgeue yf ye haue ought ageynst eny man, that youre father also in heauen, maye forgeue you youre trespaces.

Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged. Condepne not, and ye shal not be condempned. Forgeue, and ye shal be forgeuen.

And forgeue vs oure dettes, as we also forgeue oure detters.

Take hede to youre selues. Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, rebuke him:and yf he amende, forgeue him. And though he synne agaynst the seuen tymes in a daye, and come seuen tymes in a daye to ye agayne, and saye: It repenteth me, forgeue him.

Loke vpon my aduersite and misery, and forgeue me all my synnes.

For thy names sake, O LORDE, be mercifull vnto my synne, for it is greate.

Who so couereth another mans offence, seketh loue: but he yt discloseth the faute, setteth frendes at variaunce.

Blessed are they, whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen, and whose synnes are couered.

Which forgeueth all thy synnes, and healeth all thy infirmities.

But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, and forgeue one another, eue as God hath forgeuen you in Christ.

Do penaunce now therfore and turne you, that youre synnes maye be done awaye, whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE,

And forgeue vs oure synnes, for we also forgeue all them that are detters vnto vs. And lede vs not in to temptacion, but delyuer vs from euell.

But Iesus sayde: Father, forgeue them, for they wote not what they do. And they parted his garmentes, and cast lottes therfore.

Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethre, yt thorow this man is preached vnto you ye forgeuenesse of synnes,

and he it is that optayneth grace for oure synnes: not for oure synnes onely, but also for the synnes of all the worlde.

to humble my people, which is named after my name: and yf they praye, and seke my face, and turne from their euell wayes, the wyl I heare them from heauen, and wyll forgeue their sinne, and heale their londe.

Knowlege youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche, yf it be feruet.

Be mercifull (O LORDE) vnto thy people of Israel, who thou hast delyuered, laye no innocent bloude vnto thy people of Israels charge: then shall they be reconcyled from the bloude.

and ye prayer of faith shal saue the sicke, and the LORDE shal rayse him vp: and yf he haue comitted synnes, they shalbe forgeuen him.

Yf thou (LORDE) wilt be extreme to marcke what is done amysse, Oh LORDE, who maye abyde it?But there is mercy with the, that thou mayest be feared.

Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of darknesse,( in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude, namely, the forgeuenes of synnes.)

Repente therfore of this yi wickednesse, and praye vnto God, yf happly the thought of thy hert maye be forgeue ye.

Where as I yet am euen he only, that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thine offences,

The God of oure fathers hath raysed vp Iesus, who ye slewe, and hanged on tre.Him hath the righte hande of God exalted, to be a prynce and Sauioure, to geue repentaunce and forgeuenesse of synnes vnto Israel.

for I wil be mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnesses: And on their synnes

For yf thou knowlegest Iesus with thy mouth, that he is the LORDE, and beleuest in thine hert, that God hath raysed him vp from the deed, thou shalt be saued.For yf a man beleue from the hert, he shalbe made righteous: and yf a ma knowlege with the mouth, he shal be saued.

forbearinge one another, and forgeuynge one another, yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another. Like as Christ hath forgeuen you, euen so do ye also.

Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the, and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse.

Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell,Drawe nye to GodSuffre affliccions: sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge, and youre ioye to heuynes.Cast downe youre selues before the LORDE, and he shal lift you vp.

Haue mercy vpon me (o God) after thy goodnes,Wash me well fro my wickednesse,

Therfore when thou offrest thy gift at the altare, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst the:leaue there thyne offrynge before the altare, and go thy waye first, and reconcyle thy selfe to thy brother,

Then sayde the sonne vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst heaue, and before the, I am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne.

For yf ye forgeue other men their treaspases, youre heauenly father shall also forgeue you.But and ye wyll not forgeue me their trespases, nomore shall youre father forgeue you youre trespases.

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.

Now go to (saieth the LORDE) we wil talke together. Is it not so? Though youre synnes be as read as scarlet, shal they not be whyter then snowe? And though they were like purple, shall they not be like whyte woll?

Then came Peter vnto him,Iesus saide vnto hi: I saye not vnto ye seue tymes, but seuetie tymes seuen tymes.

And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner.

He that hydeth his synnes, shall not prospere: but who so knowlegeth them and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.Therfore yf thine enemye hunger, fede him: Yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doinge thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpo his heade.

So shal my heauenly father do also vnto you, yf ye euery one of you fro youre hertes, forgeue not his brother his trespaces.

Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes, ad the vnrightuous his ymaginacios,

Brethren, Yf eny ma be ouertaken of a faute, ye which are spirituall, enfourme him with a meke sprete: and considre thine owne selfe, that thou also be not tempted.

For thou LORDE art good and gracious,

this is my bloude of the new testament, that shalbe shed for many for the remission of synnes.

Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, go and tell him his faute betwene the and him alone. Yf he heare the, thou hast wone thy brother.

Submytte yor selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come.Cast all youre care on him, for he careth for you.

Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery man one to another, and knyt yor selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the humble.

Folowe after peace with all men, and holynes, without the which no man shal se the LORDE,

that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe:

Brethren, I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I saye: I forget that which is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before,

He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes, ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses.For loke how hye the heaue is in comparison of the earth, so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him.Loke how wyde the east is from the west, so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs.

Recopence not euell for euell, nether rebuke for rebuke: but cotrary wyse, blesse: and knowe that ye are called therto, euen yt ye shulde be heyres of ye blessynge.

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.Therfore yf thine enemye hunger, fede him: Yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doinge thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpo his heade.Be not ouercome with euell, but ouercome thou euell with good.

Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs, in yt Christ dyed for vs,whan we were yet synners:

A wyse man putteth of displeasure,

Fooles make but a sporte of synne, but there is fauourable loue amoge the rightuous.

My litle children, these thinges wryte I vnto you, that ye shulde not synne: and yf eny man synne, we haue an aduocate with the father, euen Iesus Christ which is righteous:

Let vs therfore go boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receaue mercy, and fynde grace to helpe in the tyme of nede.

seketh not hir awne, is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell,

Be ye therfore mercifull, as youre father also is mercifull.

in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude (namely) the forgeuenes of synnes, acordynge to ye riches of his grace,

But that ye maye knowe, that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes in earth, the sayde he vnto the sicke of ye palsye: arise, take vp thy bed, and go home.

Therfore I saye vnto you: All synne and blasphemy shalbe forgeuen vnto men, but the blasphemy agaynst the sprete shal not be forgeuen vnto men:

I exhorte therfore, yt aboue all thinges, prayers, supplicacions, intercessions and geuynge of thakes be had for all men

And with him he quyckened you, whan ye were deed in synnes, and in the vncircumcision of youre flesh, and hath forgeuen vs all synnes,and put out the handwrytinge that was agaynst vs (cotayned in the lawe wrytten) and that hath he taken out of the waye, and fastened it to the crosse:

For I cofesse my wickednesse,

Oh remebre not ye synnes

Then is there now no damnacion vnto the that are in Christ Iesu, which walke not after the flesh, but after ye sprete.

As for me, I wil iudge euery man, acordinge to his wayes, O ye house of Israel, saieth the LORDE God. Wherfore, be conuerted, and turne you clene from all youre wickednesse, so shal there no synne do you harme.

For they are all synners, and wate the prayse that God shulde haue of the,but without deseruynge are they made righteous eue by his grace, thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu,

Therfore yf eny man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Olde thinges are past awaye, beholde, all are become new.

Make me a clene hert (o God) and renue a right sprete within me.

Axe, and it shalbe geuen you: Seke, and ye shall fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

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