147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.

forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,

And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.

Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

If therefore thou should bring thy gift to the altar, and remember there that thy brother has anything against thee,leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.

And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any man, so that also your Father in the heavens will forgive you your trespasses.

But if any man has caused sadness, he has not caused me sadness, but in part (that I may not bear down) you all.Sufficient to such a man is this punishment by the many,so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.Therefore I beseech you to affirm love for him.

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

If possible from you, keeping peace with all men,

For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye do not forgive each man his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.

Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.

Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.

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

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace,

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

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed on behalf of many for remission of sins.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,

and, Their sins and their lawlessness I will, no, not further remember.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.

Blessed are those (LXX/NT) whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

If ye forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If ye retain of any, they are retained.

Bless those who persecute you. Bless ye and do not curse.

If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.For thou will heap coals of fire upon his head, and LORD will reward thee.

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

Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins and their lawlessness I will no, not further remember.

If thou, LORD, should note iniquities, O LORD, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may be feared.

Who is a God like to thee, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.He will again have compassion upon us. He will tread our iniquities under foot, and thou will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,

Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth,covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Therefore receive ye each other, just as Christ also received you for the glory of God.

Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

For the judgment is merciless to him who did no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Who himself took up our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live to the righteousness of him from whose wound ye were healed.

But after going, learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance.

Who rescued us out of the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you,not from works, so that not any man may boast.

LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.He will not always chide, nor will he keep [it] forever.He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.

Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

Do not criticize, that ye may not be criticized.For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

And all things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and who gave to us the ministry of reconciliation.How that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Finally brothers, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are commendable, if anything is a virtue, and if

Consequently nothing is condemnation now to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit.

And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,in mildness correcting those who oppose. Perhaps God may grant them repentance for recognition of the truth,

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

My little children, I write these things to you so that ye may not sin. And if any man does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--righteous Jesus Christ.And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

For this reason I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, loves little.

LORD is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.

And having seen their faith, Jesus says to the paralyzed man, Child, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Was it not necessary for thee also to be merciful to thy fellow bondman, as I also was merciful to thee?

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of LORD men depart from evil.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

And as ye desire that men would do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other.

Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

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

Now therefore it is indeed altogether a defeat for you because ye have legal disputes against yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ,so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.

Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

Let not one man seek that of himself, but each man that of the other.

in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.Look ye out (each man) not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others.

Consider my affliction and my travail, and forgive all my sins.

I, even I, am he who blots out thy transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,being made righteous freely by his grace, through the redemption in Christ Jesus,

Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Then his lord having summoned him, he says to him, Thou evil bondman, I forgave thee all that debt because thou besought me.Was it not necessary for thee also to be merciful to thy fellow bondman, as I also was merciful to thee?

Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the he

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every man who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood, and remission does not occur without bloodshed.

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

But thanks is to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

But he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way, and LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the spirit will not be forgiven men.

who forgives all thine iniquities, who heals all thy diseases,who redeems thy life from destruction, who crowns thee with loving kindness and tender mercies,

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,

Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare.

But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us,even us being dead in the transgressions, he made alive together with the Christ (ye are saved by grace),

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

For we know him who said, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord. And again, Lord will judge his people.It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

And having answered, he said, Thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,lest LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, meek, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.

And now remain faith, hope, love, these three, but the greater of these is love.

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness shall not depart from thee, nor shall my covenant of peace be removed, says LORD who has mercy on thee.

So that he would grant you, according to the wealth of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit for the inner man.For the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,

And you, being dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you he made alive together with him, having forgiven us all the transgressions,having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross.

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.Men formerly not a people, but now are a people of God. Men who had not obtained mercy, but who now have obtained mercy.

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

This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.

saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.Blessed is a man to whom the Lord does, no, not impute sin.

And having taken the cup, having expressed thanks, he gave to them, saying, All ye drink of it,for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed on behalf of many for remission of sins.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Therefore having been made righteous from faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

And having felt compassion, the lord of that bondman released him, and forgave him the debt.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye are sealed for a day of redemption.Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

your speech always with grace seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may be feared.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to over think beyond what he ought to think, but to think so as to think soundly, as God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith.

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.

But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man.

Now may the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to think the same way among each other, in accord with Christ Jesus,

I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to LORD, and thou forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

Be subordinate therefore to God, but resist the devil and he will flee from you.

But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralyzed man), After rising, take up thy bed, and go to thy house.

For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye who hope in LORD.

Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you

But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Gracious is LORD, and righteous. Yea, our God is merciful.

thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed thee.

Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.

and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him whether things upon the earth or things in the heavens.And you, being formerly alienated and hostile in mind, in works, in things evil. But now he has reconciledin the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblemished and unblameable before him.

having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The thief comes not, except that he might steal and kill and destroy. I came so that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.

let us approach with a TRUE heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed in pure water.

Withhold thou not thy tender mercies from me, O LORD. Let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me,

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,for an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heavens for you,