Bible Verses About Forgiveness
For the love that covers sins, see Love. For prayer and confession, see Prayer. For peace with others, see Peace. For the story of a king who sinned and was still confronted, see David and Bathsheba. For Peter’s failure and grief, see Peter’s Denial. Text: World English Bible (public domain).
The Bible treats forgiveness as both something God gives and something people are told to give one another. 1 John 1:9 says if we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive; Ephesians 4:32 says to forgive each other as God in Christ forgave you; and Matthew 6:14–15 links forgiving others with being forgiven.
Verses
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. 15 But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 18:21–22. 21 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
Psalm 103:12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
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.
Isaiah 43:25. I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
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.
Luke 23:34. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
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,
Micah 7:18–19. 18 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. 19 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
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.
Psalm 86:5. For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
Daniel 9:9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him.
Proverbs 17:9. He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
2 Corinthians 5:17. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.