This is your go-to for Bible verses on relevant Bible topics! Here are 50 sobering Bible verses about forgiveness!
“For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses.”
matthew 6:14-15
“And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
matthew 6:12
“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.”
mark 11:25
“And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us. And do not bring us into temptation.”
luke 11:4
“Consider my afflication and trouble, and forgive all my sins.”
psalms 25:18
bible verses about forgiveness
“He forgives all your iniquity; he heals all your diseases.”
psalms 103:3
“Bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.”
colossians 3:13
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 john 1:9
“Lord, for the sake of your name, forgive my iniquity, for it is immense.”
psalms 25:11
“Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.”
luke 17:3
“For I will forgive their wrongdoing, and I will never again remember their sins.”
hebrews 8:12
“And my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.”
2 chronicles 7:14
“For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive, abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.”
psalms 86:5
“May you hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel. May you restore them to the land you gave their ancestors.”
1 kings 8:34
“May you hear their prayer and petitions in heaven, your dwelling place, and uphold their cause. May you forgive your people who sinned against you.”
2 chronicles 6:39
bible verses about forgiveness
“Roam through the streets of Jerusalem. Investigate; search in her squares. If you find one person, any who acts justly, who pursues faithfulness, then I will forgive her.”
jeremiah 5:1
“I will purify them from all the iniquity they have committed against me, and I will forgive all the inquities they have committed against me, rebelling against me.”
jeremiah 33:8
“Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and act! My God, for your own sake, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your name.”
daniel 9:19
“Then Peter approached him and asked, ‘Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? As many as seven times?’
‘I tell you, not as many as seven,’ Jesus replied, ‘but seventy times seven.'”
matthew 18:21-22
“So also my heavenly Father will do to you unless every one of you forgives his brother or sister from your heart.”
matthew 18:35
“‘But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins’ – he told the paralytic – ‘I tell you: get up, take your mat, and go home.'”
mark 2:10-11
“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 6:37
“And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
luke 17:4
“If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
john 20:23
“Anyone you forgive, I do to. For what I have forgiven – if I have forgiven anything – it is for your benefit in the presence of Christ.”
2 corinthians 2:10
“Then he said, ‘My Lord, if I have indeed found favor with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.'”
exodus 34:9
bible verses about forgiveness
“Hear the petition of your servant and your people Israel, which they pray toward this place. May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven. May you hear and forgive.”
1 kings 8:30
“May you hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and may you forgive, act, and give to everyone according to all their ways, since you know each heart, for you alone know every human heart…”
1 kings 8:39
“Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, so he may have compasion on him, and to our God, for he will freely forgive.”
isaiah 55:7
“Take words of repentance with you and return to the Lord. Say to him, ‘Forgive all our inquity and accpet what is good, so that we may repay you with praise from our lips.'”
hosea 14:2
“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” – then he told the paralytic, ‘Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.'”
matthew 9:6
“May you hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, so that you may teach them the good way they should walk in. May you send rain on your land that you gave your people for an inheritance.”
2 chronicles 6:27
“No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them – this is the Lord’s declaration. ‘For I will forgive their iniquity and never again remember their sin.'”
jeremiah 31:34
“In those days and at that time – this is the Lord’s declaration – one will search for Israel’s iniquity, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found, for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant.”
jeremiah 50:20
“And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.”
ephesians 4:32
“But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be revered.”
psalms 130:4
bible verses about forgiveness
“In him we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
colossians 1:14
“Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.”
hebrews 10:18
“For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
matthew 26:28
“John came baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
mark 1:4
“To give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of sins.”
luke 1:77
“He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
luke 3:3
“And repentance for forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
luke 24:47
“Lord our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their sinful actions.”
psalms 99:8
“Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him.”
daniel 9:9
“God exalted this man to his right hand as ruler and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.”
acts 5:31
bible verses about forgiveness
“All the prophets testify about him that through his name everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins.”
acts 10:43
“Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers and sisters, that through this man forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you.”
acts 13:38
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses according to the riches of his grace.”
ephesians 1:7
“Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
acts 2:38
“Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger forever because he delights in faithful love.”
micah 7:18
“To open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are santified by faith in me.”
acts 26:18
“They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, and you did not abandon them.”
nehemiah 9:17
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