99 Bible Verses about Self-Forgiveness

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

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

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

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

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

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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

For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

If You, O Lord, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

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 yours.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great 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; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing 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 bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

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

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

The Lord redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O Lord.

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Now this is what the Lord says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the Lord is holding his hand.

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the Lord.

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

But those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.