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 may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

`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;

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

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

`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.'

See mine affliction and my misery, And bear with all my sins.

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

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

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 become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

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

and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'

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

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

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

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.

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them,

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.

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

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,

reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

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

and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree; this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

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

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved, for with the heart doth `one' believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

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;

My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you; draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled! be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness; be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

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,

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

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.

`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.

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

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!

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.

`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

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

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;

so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'

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.

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;

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

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

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth -- to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us. For, as the height of the heavens `is' above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

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;

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.

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

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

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace -- for seasonable help.

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

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

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

`But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins -- (then saith he to the paralytic) -- having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'

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.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

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;

For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a stumbling-block,

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,

so that if any one `is' in Christ -- `he is' a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

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