Bible Verses About Forgiveness

God’s forgiveness of us, and the call to forgive others as we have been forgiven.

  1. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  2. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
  3. Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
  4. 14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
  5. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
  6. “Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
  7. 18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? 19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
  8. 21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
  9. 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 6:37Read in context
  10. 19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, 20that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.
  11. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  12. For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.