Bible Verses about Forgiveness

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• One who forgives an affront fosters friendship,
  but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
  Proverbs 17:9friendship
• And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
  Ephesians 4:32compassiongoodnessreconciliation
• For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
  Matthew 6:14singracemercy
• Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
  Colossians 3:13peaceneighborreconciliation
• If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
  2 Chronicles 7:14humilityhealingconversion
• Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
  Luke 6:37judgment
• Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.”
  Matthew 18:21-22neighborsinmercy
• No one who conceals transgressions will prosper,
  but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
  Proverbs 28:13sinconfessionmercy
• For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
  abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.
  Psalm 86:5reliabilitylove
• Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
  Mark 11:25prayerFathersin
• Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
  and passing over the transgression
  of the remnant of your possession?
  He does not retain his anger forever,
  because he delights in showing clemency.
  Micah 7:18sinmercy
• Let it be known to you therefore, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you; by this Jesus everyone who believes is set free from all those sins from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
  Acts 13:38-39lawJesusfreedom
• For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
  2 Chronicles 30:9bgracerepentanceconversion
• And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
  1 John 2:2sinSaviorworld
• Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
  and I did not hide my iniquity;
  I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
  and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
  Psalm 32:5confessionsinacknowledging
• And forgive us our debts,
  as we also have forgiven our debtors.
  Matthew 6:12debtprayer
• In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
  Ephesians 1:7sinSaviorblood
• Rend your hearts and not your clothing.
  Return to the Lord, your God,
  for he is gracious and merciful,
  slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,
  and relents from punishing.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.
  Acts 3:19conversionsinrepentance
• If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive.
  Luke 17:3b-4sinrepentancespeaking
• Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
  Acts 2:38Spiritbaptismconversion
• Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.
  James 5:14-15sicknessprayerfaith
• Let the wicked forsake their way,
  and the unrighteous their thoughts;
  let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
  and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  Isaiah 55:7righteousnessconversionlife
• While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
  Acts 17:30repentanceconversion
• Return, faithless Israel,
  says the Lord.
  I will not look on you in anger,
  for I am merciful,
  says the Lord;
  I will not be angry forever.
  Jeremiah 3:12bmercyangergrace