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147 Bible verses about the Importance of Forgiveness
“If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.
Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.
Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you.
“Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you.
But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, if my brother keeps on sinning against me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Seven times?” “No, not seven times,” answered Jesus, “but seventy times seven,
So if you are about to offer your gift to God at the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there in front of the altar, go at once and make peace with your brother, and then come back and offer your gift to God.
And when you stand and pray, forgive anything you may have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive the wrongs you have done.”
Now, if anyone has made somebody sad, he has not done it to me but to all of you—in part, at least. (I say this because I do not want to be too hard on him.)It is enough that this person has been punished in this way by most of you.Now, however, you should forgive him and encourage him, in order to keep him from becoming so sad as to give up completely.And so I beg you to let him know that you really do love him.
If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.
And Jesus concluded, “That is how my Father in heaven will treat every one of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
So watch what you do! “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.“On that day someone who is on the roof of a house must not go down into the house to get any belongings; in the same way anyone who is out in the field must not go back to the house.Remember Lot's wife!Those who try to save their own life will lose it; those who lose their life will save it.On that night, I tell you, there will be two people sleeping in the same bed: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.Two women will be grinding meal together: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.” The disciples asked him, “Where, Lord?” Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather.”If he sins against you seven times in one day, and each time he comes to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.
Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.
For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God,
Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, “I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord.”
“this is my blood, which seals God's covenant, my blood poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs;
Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father! They don't know what they are doing.” They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.
Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised to give you when he called you.
If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink.You will make them burn with shame, and the Lord will reward you.
The Lord says, “Now, let's settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.
If you kept a record of our sins, who could escape being condemned?But you forgive us, so that we should stand in awe of you.
There is no other god like you, O Lord; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.You will be merciful to us once again. You will trample our sins underfoot and send them to the bottom of the sea!
You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.
But God has shown us how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!
Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort.
“Do for others what you want them to do for you: this is the meaning of the Law of Moses and of the teachings of the prophets.
Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud;love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs;love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth.Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.
Be merciful to me, O God, because of your constant love. Because of your great mercy wipe away my sins!Create a pure heart in me, O God, and put a new and loyal spirit in me.Do not banish me from your presence; do not take your holy spirit away from me.Give me again the joy that comes from your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.Then I will teach sinners your commands, and they will turn back to you.Spare my life, O God, and save me, and I will gladly proclaim your righteousness.Help me to speak, Lord, and I will praise you.You do not want sacrifices, or I would offer them; you are not pleased with burnt offerings.My sacrifice is a humble spirit, O God; you will not reject a humble and repentant heart.O God, be kind to Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.Then you will be pleased with proper sacrifices and with our burnt offerings; and bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.Wash away all my evil and make me clean from my sin!
If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it.
For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.
Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.
Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.”
He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear Son,by whom we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven.
For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.
My friends, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right; but you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.
Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.
“Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you,Or would you give him a snake when he asks for a fish?As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!“Do for others what you want them to do for you: this is the meaning of the Law of Moses and of the teachings of the prophets. “Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate to hell is wide and the road that leads to it is easy, and there are many who travel it.But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it.“Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others.
All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also.Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.
In conclusion, my friends, fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable.
As the Lord's servant, you must not quarrel. You must be kind toward all, a good and patient teacher,who is gentle as you correct your opponents, for it may be that God will give them the opportunity to repent and come to know the truth.
I am writing this to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf—Jesus Christ, the righteous one.If we love others, we live in the light, and so there is nothing in us that will cause someone else to sin.But if we hate others, we are in the darkness; we walk in it and do not know where we are going, because the darkness has made us blind.I write to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of Christ.I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.I write to you, my children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong; the word of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One.Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.Everything that belongs to the world—what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of—none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.My children, the end is near! You were told that the Enemy of Christ would come; and now many enemies of Christ have already appeared, and so we know that the end is near.These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.
I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love.”
Seeing how much faith they had, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My son, your sins are forgiven.”
Be loyal and faithful, and God will forgive your sin. Obey the Lord and nothing evil will happen to you.
I wander about like a lost sheep; so come and look for me, your servant, because I have not neglected your laws.
“If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.
And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples.”
You must turn away from evil and do good; you must strive for peace with all your heart.
Let the wicked leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the Lord, our God; he is merciful and quick to forgive.
The very fact that you have legal disputes among yourselves shows that you have failed completely. Would it not be better for you to be wronged? Would it not be better for you to be robbed?
When you forgive people for what they have done, I forgive them too. For when I forgive—if, indeed, I need to forgive anything—I do it in Christ's presence because of you,in order to keep Satan from getting the upper hand over us; for we know what his plans are.
See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people.
None of you should be looking out for your own interests, but for the interests of others.
Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.because he risked his life and nearly died for the sake of the work of Christ, in order to give me the help that you yourselves could not give.And look out for one another's interests, not just for your own.
And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.
everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.
Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him.Try to learn what pleases the Lord.Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light. (It is really too shameful even to talk about the things they do in secret.)And when all things are brought out to the light, then their true nature is clearly revealed;for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light. That is why it is said, “Wake up, sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.”So be careful how you live. Don't live like ignorant people, but like wise people.Make good use of every opportunity you have, because these are evil days.Don't be fools, then, but try to find out what the Lord wants you to do.Do not get drunk with wine, which will only ruin you; instead, be filled with the Spirit.Speak to one another with the words of psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing hymns and psalms to the Lord with praise in your hearts.Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.
So he called the servant in. ‘You worthless slave!’ he said. ‘I forgave you the whole amount you owed me, just because you asked me to.You should have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you.’
For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.
Forgive us our sins, for we forgive everyone who does us wrong. And do not bring us to hard testing.’”
Instead, as the scripture says: “If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink; for by doing this you will make them burn with shame.”Do not let evil defeat you; instead, conquer evil with good.
Indeed, according to the Law almost everything is purified by blood, and sins are forgiven only if blood is poured out.
But because of our sins he was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole by the blows he received.All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going his own way. But the Lord made the punishment fall on him, the punishment all of us deserved.
For this reason I tell you: people can be forgiven any sin and any evil thing they say; but whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.He keeps me from the grave and blesses me with love and mercy.
Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry.
You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin.
But God's mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great,that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
For we know who said, “I will take revenge, I will repay”; and who also said, “The Lord will judge his people.”It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!
The man answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind’; and ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’”
Don't be glad when your enemies meet disaster, and don't rejoice when they stumble.The Lord will know if you are gloating, and he will not like it; and then maybe he won't punish them.
But the wisdom from above is pure first of all; it is also peaceful, gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy.
Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.
The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end; I will keep forever my promise of peace.” So says the Lord who loves you.
I ask God from the wealth of his glory to give you power through his Spirit to be strong in your inner selves,and I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts through faith. I pray that you may have your roots and foundation in love,
You were at one time spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were Gentiles without the Law. But God has now brought you to life with Christ. God forgave us all our sins;he canceled the unfavorable record of our debts with its binding rules and did away with it completely by nailing it to the cross.
As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who honor him.As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins from us.
Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children.
My sacrifice is a humble spirit, O God; you will not reject a humble and repentant heart.
“Happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, whose sins are pardoned!Happy is the person whose sins the Lord will not keep account of!”
Then he took a cup, gave thanks to God, and gave it to them. “Drink it, all of you,” he said;“this is my blood, which seals God's covenant, my blood poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.Let us have confidence, then, and approach God's throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it.
Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
And do not make God's Holy Spirit sad; for the Spirit is God's mark of ownership on you, a guarantee that the Day will come when God will set you free.Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort.
Your speech should always be pleasant and interesting, and you should know how to give the right answer to everyone.
And because of God's gracious gift to me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you should. Instead, be modest in your thinking, and judge yourself according to the amount of faith that God has given you.
But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, ‘God, have pity on me, a sinner!’
And may God, the source of patience and encouragement, enable you to have the same point of view among yourselves by following the example of Christ Jesus,
Then I confessed my sins to you; I did not conceal my wrongdoings. I decided to confess them to you, and you forgave all my sins.
I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your bed, and go home!”
Everything written in the Scriptures was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.
And so the Lord says, “You must leave them and separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with what is unclean, and I will accept you.
“If your brother sins against you, go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back.
so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.
Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise.
In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.
Through the Son, then, God decided to bring the whole universe back to himself. God made peace through his Son's blood on the cross and so brought back to himself all things, both on earth and in heaven. At one time you were far away from God and were his enemies because of the evil things you did and thought.But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence.
For sin pays its wage—death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.
The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness.
So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water.
Lord, I know you will never stop being merciful to me. Your love and loyalty will always keep me safe.
Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,and so we look forward to possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for his people. He keeps them for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away.