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Bible Verses About Forgiveness

80 verses on this topic, ordered Genesis to Revelation

Throughout the biblical narrative, forgiveness emerges as a central thread that weaves together the covenant relationship between God and humanity. In the Hebrew Scriptures, God’s willingness to relent from judgment in response to genuine repentance showcases a divine mercy that invites individuals and communities to restore broken trust. The prophets repeatedly call the people back to a covenantal fidelity, emphasizing that true repentance is inseparably linked with the promise of divine pardon, allowing both personal and communal healing.

The New Testament expands this theme, presenting forgiveness not only as a divine attribute but also as a moral imperative for believers. Jesus’ teachings and actions model a radical generosity that transcends personal grievances, urging followers to extend the same grace they have received. This ethic of forgiveness serves to break cycles of retaliation, foster reconciliation, and reflect the kingdom values that undergird the Christian life, reinforcing the belief that forgiveness is both a gift from God and a transformative practice within the community of faith.

All 80 matching verses, ordered from Genesis to Revelation.

"So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him."

Genesis 50:17

"Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only."

Exodus 10:17

"Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written."

Exodus 32:32

"But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her."

Numbers 30:5

"But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her."

Numbers 30:8

"But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her."

Numbers 30:12

"And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins."

Joshua 24:19

"I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days."

1 Samuel 25:28

"And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive."

1 Kings 8:30

"Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers."

1 Kings 8:34

"Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance."

1 Kings 8:36

"Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)"

1 Kings 8:39

"And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:"

1 Kings 8:50

"Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive."

2 Chronicles 6:21

"Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers."

2 Chronicles 6:25

"Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance."

2 Chronicles 6:27

"Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)"

2 Chronicles 6:30

"Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee."

2 Chronicles 6:39

"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

2 Chronicles 7:14

"Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins."

Psalms 25:18

"For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee."

Psalms 86:5

"And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not."

Isaiah 2:9

"Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger."

Jeremiah 18:23

"And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

Jeremiah 31:34

"It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin."

Jeremiah 36:3

"O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name."

Daniel 9:19

"And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small."

Amos 7:2

"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."

Matthew 6:12

"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:"

Matthew 6:14

"But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Matthew 6:15

"But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house."

Matthew 9:6

"Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"

Matthew 18:21

"So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses."

Matthew 18:35

"Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?"

Mark 2:7

"But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)"

Mark 2:10

"And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

Mark 11:25

"But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."

Mark 11:26

"And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"

Luke 5:21

"But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house."

Luke 5:24

"Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"

Luke 6:37

"And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil."

Luke 11:4

"Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him."

Luke 17:3

"And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him."

Luke 17:4

"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots."

Luke 23:34

"So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow."

2 Corinthians 2:7

"To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;"

2 Corinthians 2:10

"For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong."

2 Corinthians 12:13

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

1 John 1:9

"But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared."

Psalms 130:4

"But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:"

Mark 3:29

"Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."

Acts 5:31

"Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:"

Acts 13:38

"To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me."

Acts 26:18

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;"

Ephesians 1:7

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:"

Colossians 1:14

"Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him."

Exodus 23:21

"And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance."

Exodus 34:9

"Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."

Numbers 14:19

"Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD."

1 Samuel 15:25

"In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing."

2 Kings 5:18

"And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon."

2 Kings 24:4

"For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one"

2 Chronicles 30:18

"And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not."

Nehemiah 9:17

"And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be."

Job 7:21

"For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great."

Psalms 25:11

"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."

Isaiah 55:7

"Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it."

Jeremiah 5:1

"How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses."

Jeremiah 5:7

"And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me."

Jeremiah 33:8

"In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve."

Jeremiah 50:20

"For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."

Matthew 26:28

"John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins."

Mark 1:4

"To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,"

Luke 1:77

"And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;"

Luke 3:3

"And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."

Luke 24:47

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."

Acts 2:38

"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins."

Acts 10:43

"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"

Romans 3:25

"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission."

Hebrews 9:22

"Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin."

Hebrews 10:18

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