Forgiveness
Bible Verses About Forgiveness
Forgiveness in Scripture flows from God's mercy and shapes how believers respond to confession, failure, hurt, and reconciliation.
KEY SCRIPTURES
Key Bible Verses About Forgiveness
Ephesians 4:32Key Verse
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.Read in the Bible →
1 John 1:9Key Verse
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.Read in the Bible →
Colossians 3:13Key Verse
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.Read in the Bible →
Matthew 6:14–15
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Read in the Bible →
Psalms 103:10–12
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.Read in the Bible →
Luke 23:34
¶ Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.Read in the Bible →
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