147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness

For yf ye forgeue other men their treaspases, youre heauenly father shall also forgeue you.But and ye wyll not forgeue me their trespases, nomore shall youre father forgeue you youre trespases.

But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, and forgeue one another, eue as God hath forgeuen you in Christ.

forbearinge one another, and forgeuynge one another, yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another. Like as Christ hath forgeuen you, euen so do ye also.

Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged. Condepne not, and ye shal not be condempned. Forgeue, and ye shal be forgeuen.

But yf we knowlege oure synnes, he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes,

Then came Peter vnto him,Iesus saide vnto hi: I saye not vnto ye seue tymes, but seuetie tymes seuen tymes.

Therfore when thou offrest thy gift at the altare, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst the:leaue there thyne offrynge before the altare, and go thy waye first, and reconcyle thy selfe to thy brother,

And whan ye stonde and praye, forgeue yf ye haue ought ageynst eny man, that youre father also in heauen, maye forgeue you youre trespaces.

But yf eny man haue caused sorowe, the same hath not made me sory, but partely, lest I shulde greue you all.It is sufficient, that the same man is so rebuked of many,so that from hence forth ye oughte the more to forgeue him and to comforte him, lest he be swalowed vp in ouer moch heuynesse.Wherfore I exhorte you, that ye shewe loue vpo him.

Who so couereth another mans offence, seketh loue: but he yt discloseth the faute, setteth frendes at variaunce.

Yf it be possible (as moch as in you is) haue peace with all men.

For thou LORDE art good and gracious,

So shal my heauenly father do also vnto you, yf ye euery one of you fro youre hertes, forgeue not his brother his trespaces.

Take hede to youre selues. Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, rebuke him:and yf he amende, forgeue him. And though he synne agaynst the seuen tymes in a daye, and come seuen tymes in a daye to ye agayne, and saye: It repenteth me, forgeue him.

Knowlege youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche, yf it be feruet.

And forgeue vs oure dettes, as we also forgeue oure detters.

in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude (namely) the forgeuenes of synnes, acordynge to ye riches of his grace,

Loke how wyde the east is from the west, so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs.

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.

this is my bloude of the new testament, that shalbe shed for many for the remission of synnes.

Euell will stereth vp strife, but loue couereth ye multitude of synnes.

seketh not hir awne, is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell,

and their synnes and iniquities wil I remebre nomore.

But Iesus sayde: Father, forgeue them, for they wote not what they do. And they parted his garmentes, and cast lottes therfore.

Blessed are they, whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen, and whose synnes are couered.

Recopence not euell for euell, nether rebuke for rebuke: but cotrary wyse, blesse: and knowe that ye are called therto, euen yt ye shulde be heyres of ye blessynge.

Whose synnes soeuer ye remytte, they are remytted vnto the: and whose synnes so euer ye retayne, they are retayned.

Blesse the that persecute you. Blesse,

Yf thine enemie honger, fede him: yf he thyrst, geue him drynke:for so shalt thou heape coales offyre vpo his heade, and the LORDE shal rewarde the.

Now go to (saieth the LORDE) we wil talke together. Is it not so? Though youre synnes be as read as scarlet, shal they not be whyter then snowe? And though they were like purple, shall they not be like whyte woll?

for I wil be mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnesses: And on their synnes

Yf thou (LORDE) wilt be extreme to marcke what is done amysse, Oh LORDE, who maye abyde it?But there is mercy with the, that thou mayest be feared.

Where is there soch a God as thou? that pardonest wickednes, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thine heretage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer. And why? his delyte is to haue compassion:he shal turne agayne,

He that hydeth his synnes, shall not prospere: but who so knowlegeth them and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.

Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs, in yt Christ dyed for vs,whan we were yet synners:

Let all bytternes, and fearsnes, and wrath, and roaringe,

Therfore what soeuer ye wolde that me shulde do to you, eue so do ye to them. This ys the lawe and the Prophetes.

but aboue all thinges haue feruent loue amonge you one to another. For loue couereth the multitude of synnes.

Loue is pacientseketh not hir awne, is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell,reioyseth not ouer iniquyte, but reioyseth in the trueth,beareth all thinges, beleueth all thinges, hopeth all thinges, suffreth all thinges.

Wherfore receaue ye one another, as Christ hath receaued you to the prayse off God.

Blessed are the mercifull: for they shall obteyne mercy.

Haue mercy vpon me (o God) after thy goodnes,Wash me well fro my wickednesse,

A wyse man putteth of displeasure,

For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy,

which his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his body vpon the tre, that we shulde be delyuered from synne,

Go and learne, what that meaneth: I haue pleasure in mercy, and not in offerynge. For I am not come to call the righteous, but ye synners to repentaunce,

Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of darknesse,( in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude, namely, the forgeuenes of synnes.)

For by grace are ye saued thorow faith, and that not of youre selues, For it is ye gifte of God,not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe.

The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy, longe sufferinge, and of greate goodnesse.He wil not allwaye be chydinge, nether wil he kepe his anger for euer.He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes, ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses.

Brethren, Yf eny ma be ouertaken of a faute, ye which are spirituall, enfourme him with a meke sprete: and considre thine owne selfe, that thou also be not tempted.

ad loke well, that no ma be destitute of the grace of God, lest there sprynge vp eny bytter rote, and cause disquyetnes, and therby many be defyled:

Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged:For as ye iudge, so shal ye be iudged. And with what measure ye meete, with the same shall it be measured to you agayne.

Neuertheles all thinges are off God, which hath reconcyled vs vnto himselfe by Iesus Christ, and hath geuen vs the office to preach the attonement.For God was in Christ, and reconcyled the worlde vnto himselfe, and counted not ther synnes vnto them, and amonge vs hath he set vp the worde of ye attonemet.

Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thinges are honest, what soeuer thinges are iust, what so euer thinges are pure, what soeuer thinges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thinges are of honest reporte: yf there be eny vertuous thinge, yf there be eny laudable thinge,

Then is there now no damnacion vnto the that are in Christ Iesu, which walke not after the flesh, but after ye sprete.

The seruaunt of the LORDE ought not to stryue, but to be gentle vnto euery man: apte to teach, one that can forbearethe euell, one yt can with mekenesse enfourme them yt resist: yf God at eny tyme wyl geue them repentaunce for to knowe the trueth,

Make me a clene hert (o God) and renue a right sprete within me.

My litle children, these thinges wryte I vnto you, that ye shulde not synne: and yf eny man synne, we haue an aduocate with the father, euen Iesus Christ which is righteous:and he it is that optayneth grace for oure synnes: not for oure synnes onely, but also for the synnes of all the worlde.

Therfore I saye vnto the: Many synnes are forgeuen her, for she hath loued moch. But vnto whom lesse is forgeuen, the same loueth the lesse.

The LORDE is nye vnto them yt are contrite in hert,

But when Iesus sawe their faith, he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsye: My sonne, thy synnes are forgeuen the.

shuldest not thou then haue had compassion also vpon thy felowe, euen as I had pytie vpon the?

With louynge mercy

I go astraye, like a shepe that is lost: Oh seke thy seruaunt, for I do not forget thy commaundementes.

Let loue be without dissimulacion. Hate that which is euell: Cleue vnto that which is good.

For yf ye forgeue other men their treaspases, youre heauenly father shall also forgeue you.

And as ye wolde that men shulde do vnto you, euen so do ye vnto them likewyse.

A new comaundemet geue I you, that ye loue together as I haue loued you, yt euen so ye loue one another.By this shal euery man knowe that ye are my disciples, yf ye haue loue one to another.

Let him eschue euell,

Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes, ad the vnrightuous his ymaginacios,

Now therfore is there vtterly a faute amoge you, that ye go to lawe one with another. Why rather suffre ye not wronge? Why suffre ye not youre selues rather to be defrauded?

But loke vnto who ye forgeue eny thinge, I forgeue hi also. For I also, yf I forgeue ought vnto eny ma, that forgeue I for youre sakes in the rowme of Christ,lest we shulde be preuented of Sathan. For his thoughtes are not vnknowne vnto vs.

A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

Se that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man: but euer folowe that which is good, both amoge youre selues and to all men.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God.

Let noman seke his awne profit, but let euery man seke anothers welth.

that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe:and let euery ma loke not for his awne profet, but for the profet of other.

Loke vpon my aduersite and misery, and forgeue me all my synnes.

Where as I yet am euen he only, that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thine offences,

For they are all synners, and wate the prayse that God shulde haue of the,but without deseruynge are they made righteous eue by his grace, thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu,

Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children,and walke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God.

O reconcile me with Isope, and I shal be clene: wash thou me, and I shalbe whyter then snowe.

Then his lorde called for him, and sayde vnto him: O thou wicked seruaut, I forgaue the all this dett, because thou praydest me:shuldest not thou then haue had compassion also vpon thy felowe, euen as I had pytie vpon the?

For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen.

And forgeue vs oure synnes, for we also forgeue all them that are detters vnto vs. And lede vs not in to temptacion, but delyuer vs from euell.

Therfore yf thine enemye hunger, fede him: Yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doinge thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpo his heade.Be not ouercome with euell, but ouercome thou euell with good.

And allmost all thinges are pourged with bloude after the lawe: and without sheddynge of bloude is no remyssion.

For the sonne of ma is come, to seke and to saue that which was lost.

For God sent not his sonne in to ye worlde to condempne the worlde, but that the worlde might be saued by him.

But thankes be vnto God , which hath geue vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ.

where as he (not withstodinge) shal be wouded for oure offences,As for vs, we go all astraye (like shepe), euery one turneth his owne waye. But thorow him, the LORDE pardoneth all or synnes.

Therfore I saye vnto you: All synne and blasphemy shalbe forgeuen vnto men, but the blasphemy agaynst the sprete shal not be forgeuen vnto men:

Which forgeueth all thy synnes, and healeth all thy infirmities.Which saueth thy life from destruccion, and crowneth the with mercy

Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

Now therfore as the electe of God, holy and beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, humblenes of mynde, mekenesse, longe sufferynge,

Let vs not therfore iudge one another enymore. But iudge this rather, yt noma put a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to fall in his brothers waye.

But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vseue wha we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in Christ ( for by grace are ye saued)

But I saye vnto you: loue youre enemies: Blesse the that cursse you: Do good to the that hate you: Praye for the which do you wronge and persecute you,

Dearly beloued, let vs loue one another, for loue commeth of God. And euery one yt loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

For we knowe him that hath sayde: Vengeaunce is myne, I wil recompence, sayeth the LORDE. And agayne: The LORDE shal iudge his people.It is a fearfull thinge to fall in to the handes of the lyuynge God.

He answered and sayde: Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all thy hert, with all thy soule, with all thy strength, and with all thy mynde, and thy neghboure as thy self.

Reioyce not thou at ye fall of thine enemie, and let not thine herte be glad whan he stombleth.Lest ye LORDE (when he seyth it) be angrie,

But the wissdom that is fro aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion:

Leaue of from wrath, let go displeasure, let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell.

Now abydeth faith, hope, loue, these thre: but the greatest of these is loue.

The mountaynes shall remoue,

that he graunte you (acordinge to ye riches of his glory) to be strengthed with power by his sprete in ye inwarde ma,that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue,

And with him he quyckened you, whan ye were deed in synnes, and in the vncircumcision of youre flesh, and hath forgeuen vs all synnes,and put out the handwrytinge that was agaynst vs (cotayned in the lawe wrytten) and that hath he taken out of the waye, and fastened it to the crosse:

For loke how hye the heaue is in comparison of the earth, so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him.Loke how wyde the east is from the west, so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs.

But as many as receaued him, to them gaue he power to be the children of God: euen soch as beleue in his name.

But ye are that chosen generacion, that kyngly presthode, that holy nacion, that peculier people, yt ye shulde shewe the vertues of him, which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte:Euen you which in tyme past were not a people, but now are the people of God: which were not vnder mercy, but now haue optayned mercy.

The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete, a broken and a cotrite hert (o God) shalt thou not despise.

This is my comaundement, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you.

Blessed are they, whose vnrighteousnesses are forgeuen, and whose synnes are couered.Blessed is the man, vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne.

And he toke the cuppe, and thanked, and gaue it the, and sayde: Drynke ye all therof,this is my bloude of the new testament, that shalbe shed for many for the remission of synnes.

For we haue not an hye prest which ca not haue copassion on or infirmities, but was in all poyntes tepted, like as we are, but without synne.Let vs therfore go boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receaue mercy, and fynde grace to helpe in the tyme of nede.

He yt hath a gentle liberall stomacke, is mercifull: but who so hurteth his neghbor, is a tyraut.

Because therfore that we are iustified by faith, we haue peace with God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ

Then had the lorde pytie on that seruaunt,

And greue not the holy sprete of God, wherwith ye are sealed vnto ye daye of redempcion.Let all bytternes, and fearsnes, and wrath, and roaringe,

Let youre speach be allwaye fauorable, seasoned with salt, that ye maye knowe how to answere euery man.

But there is mercy with the, that thou mayest be feared.

For I saye thorow the grace yt is geue me, vnto euery man amonge you: that no man esteme off him selfe more, then it becometh him to esteme: but that he discretly iudge of himselfe, acordinge as God hath dealte vnto euery man the measure of faith.

And lede vs not in to teptacion: but delyuer vs from euell. For thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, and the glorye for euer. Amen.

And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner.

The God of pacience and consolacion graunte you to be like mynded one towarde another, acordinge vnto Iesu Christ,

Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the, and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse.

Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell,

But that ye maye knowe, that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes in earth, the sayde he vnto the sicke of ye palsye: arise, take vp thy bed, and go home.

What so euer thinges are wrytte afore tyme, are wrytten for oure learnynge, that we thorow pacience and comforte off the scriptures, might haue hope.

Euen so (I tell you) shal there be ioye before the angels of God, ouer one synner yt doth pennaunce.

Neuertheles, thou herdest myne humble prayer, when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE (all ye his sayntes) for the LORDE preserueth the faithfull, and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer. Be stroge therfore

Wherfore come out from amoge them, and separate youre selues (sayeth the LORDE) and touche no vncleane thinge, so wyl I receaue you,

Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, go and tell him his faute betwene the and him alone. Yf he heare the, thou hast wone thy brother.

I am crucified with Christ, yet do I lyue: neuerthelesse now not I, but Christ lyueth in me. For ye life which I now lyue in ye flesshe, I lyue in the faith of ye sonne of God which loued me, and gaue himselfe for me.

Gracious is ye LORDE

Be of one mynde amonge youre selues. Be not proude in youre awne consaytes, but make youre selues equall to them of ye lowe sorte. Be not wyse in youre awne opinions

As for thyne offences, I dryue them awaye like the cloudes, and thy synnes as the myst. Turne ye agayne vnto me,

Let youre light so shyne before men, that they maye se youre good workes, and glorify youre father which is in heauen.

and that by him all thinges shulde be reconciled vnto himselfe, whether they be thinges vpon earth or in heauen, that thorow the bloude on his crosse he mighte make peace euen thorow his owne selfe.And you (which were in tymes past straungers and enemies, because youre myndes were set in euell workes) hath he now reconcyledin the body of his flesh thorow death, to make you holy, and vnblameable

Cast all youre care on him, for he careth for you.

For death is the rewarde of synne, but the gifte of God is euerlastinge life.

A thefe cometh not, but for to steale, kyll, and destroye. I am come, yt they might haue life, and haue it more abundauntly.

let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a full faith, sprenkled in oure hertes from an euell conscience, and washed in oure bodies with pure water:

Turne not thou thy mercy fro me o LORDE, but let thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth allwaye preserue me.

Blessed be God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which acordinge to his greate mercy hath begotten vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ from the deed,to an vncorruptible and vndefyled inheritaunce, which neuer shal fade awaye, but is reserued in heauen for you