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.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Then come, shall the Lord say, and we shall be even; if your sins were as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow; if they were red like crimson, they shall become as wool.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our rebellions from us.

Who is a God like unto thee that pardons iniquity, and passes over the rebellion with the remnant of his heritage? He did not retain his anger for ever because he delights in mercy.He will turn again, he will have mercy on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

I, even I, am he that uproots thy rebellions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.

For I will reconcile their iniquities and their sins, and their iniquities I will remember no more.

¶ So that now, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ, Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

forbearing one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a quarrel against another: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and I have not hid my iniquity. I said, I will confess (against myself) my rebellions unto the Lord, and thou shalt forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

But God increased the price of his charity toward us in that while we were yet sinners the Christ died for us.

¶ He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.

For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.

and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

¶ Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven;

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

If thou, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall endure?Therefore there is forgiveness close to thee, that thou may be feared.

For if ye set men free from their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also set you free;but if ye do not set men free from their trespasses, neither will your Father set you free from your trespasses.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, I will rather glory in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

¶ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy mercy; according unto the multitude of thy compassion eradicate my rebellion.Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of thy saving health, and thy spirit of liberty shall uphold me.Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.¶ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.For thou dost not desire sacrifice or else would I give it; thou dost not delight in burnt offering.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.Then thou shalt be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, the burnt offering, the offering that has been totally consumed by the fire; then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

for all have sinned and are made destitute of the glory of God,being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus, the Christ,

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace,

casting all your cares upon him, for he cares for you.

The Lord ransoms the soul of his slaves, and none of those that trust in him shall be declared guilty.

Therefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.

So that sin shall have no dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

And they shall no longer teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, said the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

This is a faithful saying and worthy of acceptation by all, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am first.

And such were some of you, but now ye are washed, but now ye are sanctified, but now ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and in the Spirit of our God.

¶ But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Do not fear, for I have redeemed thee, I have named thee; Thou art mine.

And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your soul that ye may experience what is that good and well pleasing and perfect will of God.

how much more shall the blood of the Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from the works of death to serve the living God?

Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment and cast lots.

¶ My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ;

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

¶ The Lord is not late concerning his promise, as some count lateness, but is patient with us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of his grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.

For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,

I have undone, as a cloud, thy rebellions, and thy sins, as a mist, return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Therefore I am certain that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to comenor height nor depth nor any creature shall be able to separate us from the charity of God, which is in Christ, Jesus our Lord.

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy.

I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

¶ 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 unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times, but, Until seventy times seven.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover a multitude of sins.

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

¶ Hatred stirs up strifes, but love covers all sins.

But unto each one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead,I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

But the salvation of the righteous is the Lord; he is their strength in the time of trouble.

For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto saving health.

In charity there is no fear; but charity that is perfect casts out fear; because fear has torment; from which he that fears is not complete in charity.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

And all this by God, who reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

he himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose wound ye were healed.

to the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved;in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace,

For ye have not received the spirit of slavery to be in fear again, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

For in that he himself has suffered and was tempted, he is also powerful to help those that are tempted.

knowing this: that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed that we should not serve sin any longer.

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

¶ And believing, the God of hope fills you with all joy and peace that ye may abound in hope by the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace towards me was not in vain, for I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal life and shall not come into judgment but has passed from death unto life.

¶ Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

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

¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Be of good courage and strengthen your hearts, all ye that wait in the Lord.

and the hope shall not be ashamed, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man,

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of strength and of love and of temperance.

¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be unanimous among yourselves according to Christ Jesus,

¶ Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

¶ But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus, the Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, he himself perfects, confirms, strengthens, and establishes you.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

but those that wait for the Lord shall have new strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are thy works, and that, my soul knows right well.

¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

¶ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in tribulation.

¶ Therefore comfort and edify one another, even as ye do.

For the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction that we, through patient endurance and through the comfort of the scriptures, might have hope.

¶ The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, exercise yourselves in these things.

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered.Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute sin.

¶ Do not fear for I am with thee; do not be dismayed, for I am thy God, who strengthens thee; I will help thee always; I will always uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And we now know that unto those who love God, all things help them unto good, to those who according to the purpose are called to be saints.

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts purified from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water;

¶ Remove the sin in me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

¶ Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,