What the Scriptures say about Forgiveness
(II Chronicles 6:30) Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)
(Ephesians 4:32) And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
(Matthew 12:32) And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.
(Psalms 86:5) You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.
(Acts 2:38) And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.
(I John 1:9) If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
(Matthew 5:39) But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
(Matthew 26:28) Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
(Mark 11:25-26) And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.
(Isaiah 55:7) Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
(Luke 6:37) Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
(Psalms 25:11) Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.
(Matthew 18:35) So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
(Luke 5:24) But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.
(Colossians 3:13) Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
(Luke 7:47) And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.
(Luke 17:4) And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.
(John 20:22-23) And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you: Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.
(Jeremiah 36:3) It may be that the people of Judah, hearing of all the evil which it is my purpose to do to them, will be turned, every man from his evil ways; so that they may have my forgiveness for their evil-doing and their sin.
(James 5:20) Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
(Acts 8:22) Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.
(Luke 23:34) And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.
(Matthew 6:14-15) For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
(Hebrews 12:14) Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
(Matthew 6:12) And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.
