Adults and everyone · 10 passages
Forgiveness
Verses about being forgiven by God and forgiving others.
Ephesians 4:32 WEB
32And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Colossians 3:13 WEB
13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
1 John 1:9 WEB
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalm 103:12 WEB
12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Matthew 6:14–15 WEB
14“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 18:21–22 WEB
21Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” 22Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
Forgiving does not mean staying in danger; see the life situation on abuse and unsafe relationships.
Isaiah 1:18 WEB
18“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Psalm 32:5 WEB
5I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Luke 6:37 WEB
37Don’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.
Micah 7:18 WEB
18Who 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.