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Bible Verses About Forgiveness
Forgiveness runs both ways in these verses: God's mercy toward us, and the call to pass that mercy on to the people who have hurt us.
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
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And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Be kind and forgive, as God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Confess to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
James 5:16Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Forgive each other as Christ forgave you.
Colossians 3:13If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive and cleanse us.
1 John 1:9For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Jesus ties receiving forgiveness to giving it.
Matthew 6:14–15As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
As far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our sins.
Psalm 103:12Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
God delights in mercy and does not stay angry forever.
Micah 7:18Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Judge not, condemn not; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Luke 6:37Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Sins like scarlet can be made white as snow.
Isaiah 1:18And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
When you pray, forgive anyone you hold something against.
Mark 11:25Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Not seven times, but seventy times seven.
Matthew 18:21–22Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Repent and turn, so your sins may be blotted out.
Acts 3:19Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the one whose sin is forgiven and covered.
Psalm 32:1He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Covering an offence builds love; repeating it splits close friends.
Proverbs 17:9Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
From the cross, Jesus prayed for the people crucifying him.
Luke 23:34I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
God blots out sins for his own sake and chooses not to remember them.
Isaiah 43:25For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
The Lord is good, ready to forgive, and rich in mercy.
Psalm 86:5
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