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It is important to interpret Bible verses in their Scriptural context. Many people rip Scripture passages out of their context and misinterpret them.
This list of Bible verses about Forgiveness is meant to be a starting place for learning more about this topic. Make sure you do not use these Bible verses inappropriately—check to make sure the verses actually mean what you think they mean.
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32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
View on BibleGateway9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
View on BibleGateway13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
View on BibleGateway14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
View on BibleGateway37 "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
View on BibleGateway14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
View on BibleGateway21 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
View on BibleGateway13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
View on BibleGateway5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
View on BibleGateway18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
View on BibleGateway38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything 39 from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
View on BibleGateway25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."
View on BibleGateway13 and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.
View on BibleGateway2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
View on BibleGateway7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
View on BibleGateway5 I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
View on BibleGateway9 For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him."
View on BibleGateway38 And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
View on BibleGateway19 Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,
View on BibleGateway14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
View on BibleGateway30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
View on BibleGateway12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
View on BibleGateway7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
View on BibleGateway31 Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
View on BibleGateway12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.
View on BibleGateway5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
View on BibleGateway5 I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
View on BibleGateway14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
View on BibleGateway9 For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him."
View on BibleGateway31 Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
View on BibleGateway9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
View on BibleGateway13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
View on BibleGateway7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
View on BibleGateway12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.
View on BibleGateway13 and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.
View on BibleGateway18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
View on BibleGateway14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
View on BibleGateway21 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
View on BibleGateway25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."
View on BibleGateway37 "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
View on BibleGateway2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
View on BibleGateway38 And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
View on BibleGateway19 Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,
View on BibleGateway38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything 39 from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
View on BibleGateway30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
View on BibleGateway7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
View on BibleGateway32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
View on BibleGateway13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
View on BibleGateway14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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