Forgiveness (Bible Verses)

What does the Bible say about Forgiveness? Explore this dedicated resource for a comprehensive study of the scriptures and key verses related to Forgiveness. This guide is designed to cater to both beginners and advanced students of the Bible, providing a deeper understanding of Bible themes and their significance. Dive into a rich tapestry of historical contexts, detailed exegesis, and thematic studies that offer practical applications and spiritual guidance. Engage with the transformative power of scripture as we uncover the meaning, divine wisdom, and eternal truths about the Bible verses related to the topic of Forgiveness, enhancing how we perceive and live out our faith.

Isaiah 43:25 KJV Bible Verse Image
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I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Luke 7:50 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

Genesis 50:20 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Luke 23:34 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Matthew 5:44 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Colossians 3:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Isaiah 1:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Come 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.

Psalms 103:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Ephesians 4:32 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Psalms 32:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

1 Peter 4:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Romans 12:19 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Ephesians 1:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Isaiah 55:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Hebrews 9:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Ephesians 4:26 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Colossians 3:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

1 John 1:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Matthew 5:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 6:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Ephesians 4:31 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Psalms 103:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Matthew 5:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

Matthew 6:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Psalms 51:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Corinthians 2:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Acts 26:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Romans 4:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Micah 7:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Who 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.

Matthew 18:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

1 John 1:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Psalms 103:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Romans 2:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Matthew 26:28 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Acts 3:19 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Repent 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.

1 Peter 3:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Luke 15:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Luke 6:37 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Numbers 14:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Luke 7:47 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Psalms 103:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Luke 6:28 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

Matthew 5:39 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

1 Corinthians 13:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Proverbs 10:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Matthew 5:43 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

Luke 6:27 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

Mark 11:25 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

John 8:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Ezekiel 18:20 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Psalms 130:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

Psalms 32:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Psalms 103:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

1 John 2:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

Matthew 18:35 KJV Bible Verse Image
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So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Luke 11:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Isaiah 44:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Matthew 18:21 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

John 8:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

Psalms 130:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Hebrews 8:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Hebrews 12:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Genesis 45:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Daniel 9:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Psalms 103:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

Proverbs 19:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

1 Corinthians 6:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Proverbs 17:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Matthew 18:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Colossians 2:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

Matthew 6:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Bible Theme & Topic Recap: Forgiveness

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