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Bible Verses About Forgiveness

Forgiveness is at the heart of the gospel — both the forgiveness we receive and the forgiveness we extend. These verses and scriptures about forgiveness show God's mercy and call us to mercy.

1 John 1:9 →

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

Ephesians 4:32 →

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Colossians 3:13 →

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Matthew 6:14-15 →

14“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Mark 11:25 →

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

Psalms 103:12 →

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Matthew 18:21-22 →

21Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” 22Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

Luke 6:37 →

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

Acts 3:19 →

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

Isaiah 1:18 →

“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Daniel 9:9 →

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him.

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