Bible verses · Berean Standard Bible
Bible Verses About Forgiveness
Read verses on receiving mercy, confessing sin, and forgiving others with the surrounding chapter close at hand.
Each selection is one verse. Open the full chapter to read who is speaking and what surrounds it.
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
In context: Paul connects kindness toward others with the forgiveness believers have received in Christ.
Read the full chapter →Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
In context: Jesus speaks about forgiving others immediately after teaching his disciples to pray.
Read the full chapter →1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
In context: John joins confession with God's faithfulness to forgive and cleanse.
Read the full chapter →Colossians 3:13
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
In context: Paul places mutual forgiveness among the practices of a community being renewed in Christ.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
In context: A hymn of praise measures God's removal of sin by the distance between east and west.
Read the full chapter →Psalm 130:4
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
In context: Crying from the depths, the psalmist finds that God's forgiveness leads to reverence, not carelessness.
Read the full chapter →Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
In context: After confronting Judah's injustice, the Lord invites the people to reason together and offers cleansing.
Read the full chapter →Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
In context: God declares that He blots out His people's transgressions for His own sake, not because they earned it.
Read the full chapter →Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance — who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
In context: Micah ends his book marveling at a God who pardons iniquity and delights in loving devotion.
Read the full chapter →Matthew 18:22
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
In context: Answering Peter's question about how often to forgive, Jesus replies with a number that removes any limit.
Read the full chapter →Luke 6:37
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
In context: In the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus links forgiving others with the mercy his followers receive.
Read the full chapter →Luke 23:34
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
In context: From the cross Jesus prays for those crucifying him; a few early manuscripts do not include this prayer.
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