147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness

For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you I say this that I may not be over-hard on you.Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

And I will keep no more memory of their sins and of their evil-doings.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

Of David. Maschil. Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.

Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.

O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.

And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.

Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.

For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.

But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases;He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ by grace you have salvation,

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people.We may well go in fear of falling into the hands of the living God.

And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.

That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross;

For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of Godthat is, to those who had faith in his name:

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.

The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.

And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying,Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. Selah.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, then said he to the man who was ill, Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.

The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made oneIn the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.

Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:

Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,