What the Bible says about: Forgiveness
Exodus 34:6-7 | And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, |
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. | |
Numbers 14:18-20 | The LORD is longsuffering, 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. |
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from |
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And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: | |
Psalms 19:12 | Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. |
Psalms 25:7 | Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. |
Psalms 25:18 | Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. |
Psalms 32:1-2 | Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. |
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. | |
Psalms 85:2-3 | Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. |
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. | |
Psalms 86:3-5 |
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee |
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. | |
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. | |
Psalms 103:1-14 | Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. |
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: | |
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; | |
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; | |
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. | |
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. | |
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. | |
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and |
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He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. | |
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. | |
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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. | |
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. | |
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. | |
Matthew 6:12 | And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. |
Matthew 6:14-15 | For 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. | |
Matthew 12:31-32 | Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. |
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. | |
Mark 2:7 | Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? |
2 Peter 3:9 | The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
1 John 2:12 | I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. |
Exodus 34:6-7 |
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, |
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. |
Numbers 14:18-20 |
The LORD is longsuffering, 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. |
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from |
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: |
Psalms 19:12 |
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. |
Psalms 25:7 |
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. |
Psalms 25:18 |
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. |
Psalms 32:1-2 |
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. |
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. |
Psalms 85:2-3 |
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. |
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. |
Psalms 86:3-5 |
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee |
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. |
Psalms 103:1-14 |
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. |
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: |
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; |
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; |
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. |
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. |
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. |
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and |
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. |
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. |
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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. |
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. |
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. |
Matthew 6:12 |
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. |
Matthew 6:14-15 |
For 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. |
Matthew 12:31-32 |
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. |
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. |
Mark 2:7 |
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? |
2 Peter 3:9 |
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
1 John 2:12 |
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. |