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99 Bible Verses about Self-Forgiveness
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency.He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”
Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I 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 that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.
“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 forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,then you will delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;they are now justified by his grace as a gift, 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
The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”
No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness' sake, O Lord!
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.
And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”] And they cast lots to divide his clothing.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?”Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.
For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;
He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.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 to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgment, but has passed from death to life.
I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.
and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit,
for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before 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, support, strengthen, and establish you.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by 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; of whom shall I be afraid?
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, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin.”
do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.