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Bible Verses about โ€œasking for forgivenessโ€

The Bible contains 16 verses about asking for forgiveness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

1 John 1:9
1186 votes

โ€œIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.โ€

Ephesians 4:32
985 votes

โ€œAnd be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.โ€

James 5:16
640 votes

โ€œConfess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.โ€

Matthew 6:14
529 votes

โ€œ"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.โ€

Matthew 6:15
521 votes

โ€œBut if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.โ€

Acts 2:38
502 votes

โ€œPeter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.โ€

Colossians 3:13
315 votes

โ€œbearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.โ€

Luke 6:37
238 votes

โ€œDon'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.โ€

Mark 11:25
156 votes

โ€œWhenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.โ€

Matthew 18:21
155 votes

โ€œThen Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"โ€

Matthew 18:22
155 votes

โ€œJesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.โ€

Matthew 5:24
148 votes

โ€œleave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.โ€

Matthew 5:23
144 votes

โ€œ"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,โ€

Proverbs 28:13
126 votes

โ€œHe who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.โ€

Proverbs 17:9
79 votes

โ€œHe who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.โ€

Luke 23:34
68 votes

โ€œJesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.โ€

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