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147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness
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.
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave 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.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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!
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.Remember Lot’s wife!Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.” “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward 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.
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.
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.
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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 judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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.”
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,not by works, so that no one can boast.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
“Do not judge, or you will be judged.Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
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.
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
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.Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one turns aside from evil.
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
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.
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
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.
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,Test and prove what pleases the Lord.Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,or the Lord will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
“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.”
Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.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.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
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
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
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.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
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.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
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.
O Lord, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,