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.

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

And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive it so that also your Father in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

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

and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors.

Take heed to yourselves. If your brother trespasses against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.And if he trespasses against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns again to you, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.

Look on my affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins.

For Your name's sake, O Jehovah, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.

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

A Psalm of David. A Contemplation. Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases;

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Therefore repent and convert so that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do. And parting His clothing, they cast lots.

Therefore be it known to you, men, brothers, that through this One the forgiveness of sins is announced to you.

And He is the propitiation concerning our sins, and not concerning ours only, but also concerning the sins of all the world.

if My people, who are called by My name, shall 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.

Confess faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous one avails much.

Be merciful, O Jehovah, to Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

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

If You will keep in mind iniquities, O Jehovah, who shall stand, O Lord?But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.

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

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

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

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed and hanged on a tree.This One God has exalted to be a Ruler and Savior to His right hand in order to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more."

Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.

forbearing one another and forgiving yourselves, if anyone has a complaint against any. As Christ forgave you, so also you do.

I confessed my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, I will confess my transgression to Jehovah; and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Therefore submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, double-minded ones.Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.Be humbled before the Lord, and He will lift you up.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving-kindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.Wash me completely from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you, and am no more worthy to be called your son.

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but giving place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord."

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

Then Peter came to Him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven times?Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.

And standing afar off, the tax-collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but struck on his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner!

He who covers his sins shall not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them shall have mercy.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but giving place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord."Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also to you, unless each one of you from your hearts forgive his brother their trespasses.

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

Brothers, if a man is overtaken in a fault, you the spiritual ones restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.

For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and rich in mercy to all those who call on You.

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

But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time,casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.

Likewise, younger ones, be subject to older ones, and all being subject to one another. Put on humility. For God resists proud ones, but He gives grace to the humble.

Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord;

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.

My brothers, I do not count myself to have taken possession, but one thing I do, forgetting the things behind and reaching forward to the things before,I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.For as the heavens are high above the earth, so is His mercy toward those who fear Him.As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Never give back evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, giving blessing, knowing that you are called to this so that you might inherit blessing.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but giving place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord."Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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

The judgment of a man puts off his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Fools laugh at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

does not behave indecently, does not seek her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

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

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, then He said to the paralytic, Arise, take up your bed and go to your house.

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

First of all, then, I exhort that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

For I will declare my iniquity; I am anxious from my sin.

Do not remember the sins of my youth, or my rebellings; according to Your mercy remember me for Your goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

So I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one of you according to his ways, says the Lord Jehovah. Turn and be made to turn from all your sins; and iniquity shall not be your stumbling-block.

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;

So that if any one is in Christ, that one is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.

Prayer