33 Bible Verses about Forgiveness, Application Of

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Exodus 32:30-32

And it shall be from the morrow, and Moses will say to the people, Ye sinned a great sin: and now I will go up to Jehovah; perhaps I shall expiate for your sin. And Moses will turn back to Jehovah, and say, Ah, now, this people sinned a great sin, and they will make to them golden gods. And now if thou wilt, lift up their sin; and if not, wipe me off from thy book which thou didst write.

Nehemiah 1:4-11

And it will be in my hearing these words, I sat down, and I shall weep and mourn days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of the heavens, And saying, Now O Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God watching the covenant and mercy to those loving him, and to those watching his commands: Will now thine ear be attentive and thine eye opened to hear to the prayer of thy servant which I pray before thee this day, day and night, for the sons of Israel thy servants, and confess for the sins of the sons of Israel which we sinned against thee? and and the house of my father sinned.read more.
Being perverse, we were perverse against thee, and we watched not the commands and the laws and the judgments which thou didst command Moses thy servant Remember now the word that thou didst command Moses thy servant, saying, Ye will transgress; I will scatter you among the nations: And did ye turn back to me and watch my commands and do them; if there shall be a thrusting forth of you into the extremity of the heavens, from thence will I gather them and bring them to the place which I chose for my name to dwell there. And these thy servants and thy people whom thou didst redeem in thy great power and by thy strong hand. Now, O Lord, now will thine ear be attending to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, desiring to fear thy name? and prosper now to thy servant this day: and wilt thou give him for compassion before this man? And I was giving drink to the king.

Daniel 9:4-19

And I will pray to Jehovah my God, and I will confess and say, Ah, Jehovah, the great and dreadful God, watching the covenant and the mercy to those loving him, and to those watching his commands: We sinned, and we did iniquity, and were evil, and rebelled, and departing from thy commands and from thy judgments. And we heard not to thy servants the prophets who spake in thy name to our kings and our chiefs and our fathers, and to all the people of the earth.read more.
To thee, O Jehovah, justice, and to us shame of face, as this day to the men of Judah, and to those dwelling in Jerusalem, and to all Israel being near and being far off, in all the lands where thou didst thrust them there in their transgression which they transgressed against thee. O Jehovah, to us shame of face, to our kings, to our chiefs, and to our fathers, that we sinned against thee. To Jehovah our God compassion and forgivenesses, for we rebelled against him. We heard not to the voice of Jehovah our God to go in his laws which he gave before us in the hand of his servants the prophets And all Israel passed by thy Laws, and departing not to hear to thy voice; and the curse will be poured upon us, and the oath which was written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we sinned against him. And he will set up his words which he spake against us, and against our judges who judged us to bring against us a great evil: which was not done under all the heavens according to what was done in Jerusalem. As that written in the law of Moses all this evil came upon us, and we supplicated not the face of Jehovah our God to turn back from our iniquities and to understand in thy truth. And Jehovah will watch for evil, and will bring it upon us: for Jehovah our God is just upon all his works which he did: and we heard not to his voice. And now, O Jehovah our God, who brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and thou wilt make to thee a name as this day; we sinned, we did evil. O Jehovah, according to all thy justice, now shall thine anger be turned back, and thy wrath from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people for a reproach to all those round about us. And now, O our God, hear to the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy desolated holy place, for sake of Jehovah. Incline, O my God, thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which thy name was called upon it: for not for our justice do we cause our supplications to fall before thee, but for thy many compassions. O Jehovah hear; O Jehovah forgive; O Jehovah, attend and do; thou wilt not delay for thy sake, O my God: for thy name was called upon thy city and upon thy people.

Amos 7:1-6

Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see; and behold, he will form locusts in the beginning of the coming up of the latter grass; and behold, the latter grass after the moorings of the king. And it was if he finished to devour the green herb of the land, and saying, O Lord Jehovah, forgive now: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small. Jehovah lamented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.read more.
Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see: and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend with fire, and it will devour the great deep, and devoured the portion. And saying, O Lord Jehovah, cease now: who shall cause Jacob to rise? for he is small. Jehovah lamented for this: Also this shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.

Genesis 18:20-33

And Jehovah will say, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah became great, and because their sin was exceedingly heavy, I will go now and see whether they did wholly according to its cry coming to me; and if not, I shall know. And the men will turn back from thence, and will go forth to Sodom: and Abraham stood yet before the face of Jehovah.read more.
And Abraham will draw near, and will say, Wilt thou also destroy the just with the wicked Perhaps there is fifty just in the midst of the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty just which are within it? Far be it with respect to thee doing as this word to kill the just with the wicked; and for the just to be as the wicked, far be it with respect to thee: shall not the judge of all the earth do judgment? And Jehovah will say, If I shall find in Sodom fifty just, in the midst of the city, I forgive all the place for their sakes. And Abraham will answer and say, Behold now, I have undertaken to speak to my Lord, and I dust and ashes. If the fifty just shall lack five: wilt thou destroy for sake of five all the city? And he will say, I will not destroy, if I shall find there forty and five. And he added yet to speak to him, and he will say, If forty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do for sake of forty. And he will say, Now will it not kindle to the Lord, and I will speak: If thirty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do, if I shall find thirty there. And he will say, Behold now, I have begun to speak to the Lord If twenty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of twenty. And he will say, Now will it not be angry to the Lord, and I will speak only this once: If ten shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of ten. And Jehovah went forth after that he finished to speak to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.

Luke 23:33-34

And when they came to the place called Kranium, there they crucified him, and the evil doers, truly one from the right, and one from the left. And Jesus said, Father, let them go; for they know not what they do. And having divided his garments, they cast lots.

Matthew 5:43-44

Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.

Acts 7:59-60

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And having set the knees, he cried with a great voice, Lord, wouldest thou not set this sin to them. And having said this he was set to sleep.

Nehemiah 9:1-3

And in the twenty and fourth day to this month, the sons of Israel were gathered together with fasting and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. And the seed of Israel will be separated from all the sons of the stranger, and they will stand and confess over their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. And they will rise up upon their standing and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God, the fourth of the day; and a fourth confessing and worshiping to Jehovah their God.

Psalm 51:1-17

To the overseer: chanting to David; In the coming to him of Nathan the prophet, when he went in to Bathsheba. Compassionate me, O God, according to thy mercy: according to the Multitude of thy compassions wipe away my transgressions. Multiply to wash me from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I shall know my transgression, and my sin is always before me.read more.
Against thee, thee alone, did I sin, and I did evil in thine eyes: so that thou wilt be justified in thy speaking, and thou wilt be pure in thy judging. Behold, I was born in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou didst delight in truth in the reins, and in bidden things thou wilt cause me to know wisdom. Thou wilt purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: thou wilt wash me and I shall be white above snow. Thou wilt cause me to hear joy and gladness; the bones thou didst break shall rejoice. Hide thy face from my sin, and wipe away all mine iniquities. Create for me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit in my midst, Thou wilt not cast me away from thy face, and thou wilt not take thy holy spirit from me. Turn back to me the joy of thy salvation, and thy willing spirit shall uphold me. I will teach those transgressing, thy ways, and those sinning shall turn back to thee. Deliver me from bloods, O God the God of my salvation; my tongue shall rejoice in thy justice. O Jehovah, thou wilt open my lips, and my mouth shall announce thy praise. For thou wilt not delight in sacrifice, and thou wilt not take pleasure in burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God a spirit being broken: a heart being broken and crushed, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 32:1-5

To David, wisdom. Happy the taking away of transgression, the covering of sin. Happy the man Jehovah will not reckon sin to him, and no deceit in his spirit If I was silent, my bones fell away in my groaning all the day.read more.
For day and night thy hand will be heavy upon me: my moisture was turned into the dryness of summer. Silence. I will make known to thee my sin, and mine iniquity I hid not I said, I will confess upon my transgression to Jehovah; and thou didst take away the iniquity of my sin. Silence.

Isaiah 6:1-7

In the year king Uzziah died, and I shall see Jehovah sitting upon his throne, high and lifted up, and his train filling the temple. And seraphs standing from above to it; six wings, six wings to one; with two he will cover his face, and with two he will cover his feet, and with two he will fly. And this called to this, and said, Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah of armies: all the earth full of his glory.read more.
The foundations of the thresholds will tremble from the voice calling, and the house will be filled with smoke. And saying, Wo to me! for I was cut off; because I a man of unclean lips, and in the midst of a people of unclean lips I dwell: for mine eyes saw the king, Jehovah of armies. And one from the seraphs will fly to me, and in his hand a hot stone, he took with the tongs from off the altar: And he will touch upon my mouth, and say, Behold, this touched upon thy lips; and took away thine iniquity, and thy sin shall be covered.

John 8:3-11

And the scribes and Pharisees brought him a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst, They say to him, Teacher, this woman was taken committing adultery, in the very act. In the law Moses commanded us such to be stoned: therefore what sayest thou?read more.
And this said they, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his fingers upon the earth. And when they continued asking him, having lifted up the head, he said to them, Let him faultless among you, first cast a stone at her. And again having stooped down, he wrote upon the earth. And they having heard, and being convicted by consciousness, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. And Jesus having lifted up the head, and seen none but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are they accusing thee? has none condemned thee And she said, None, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Matthew 5:38-48

Ye have heard, that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say to you not to resist evil: but whosoever shall smite thee with a rod upon thy right cheek, turn to him also the other. And to him wishing to be judged with thee, and to take thy coat, let go to him also thy garment.read more.
And whoever shall compel thee to carry dispatches one mile, go forward with him two. To him asking thee, give thou, and him wishing to borrow from thee, thou shouldst not turn away. Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out. So that ye might be sons of your Father, which in the heavens: for he makes his sun rise upon evil and good, and rains on the just and unjust. For if ye love them loving you, what reward. have you? do not also the tax collectors the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye above ordinary? and do not the tax collectors the same? Therefore, be ye perfected, as your Father which is in the heavens is perfected.

Luke 6:27-36

But I say to you hearing, Love your enemies; do good to those hating you, Praise those cursing you, and pray for those threatening you. To him striking thee upon the cheek hold also near the other; and from him taking away thy garments, and thou shouldest not retrench thy coat.read more.
And to every one asking thee, do thou give; and from him taking away thy things, re-demand not. And as ye wish that men would do to you, and do you to them likewise. And if ye love them loving you, what grace is to you? for also the sinful would love those loving them. And if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace is to you? for also the sinful do the same. And if ye lend of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace is to you? for also the sinful lend to the sinful, that they might receive back the like things. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back; and your reward shall be much, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the graceless and evil. Be ye therefore compassionate, as also your Father is compassionate.

Colossians 3:12-13

Put on therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassions, kindnesses, humility, meekness, longsuffering; (Bearing one another, propitiating one another, if any have a complaint against any: as also Christ propitiated for you, so also ye.)

2 Corinthians 2:5-11

And if any have grieved, he has not grieved me, but by part; that I might not overload you all. Sufficient to such a one this enjoyment of the esteem of the many. So that on the contrary ye should rather show kindness, and console, lest perhaps such be swallowed down with more abundant sadness.read more.
Wherefore I beseech you to confirm love to him. For, for this I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, if ye are obedient for all things. And to whom ye show any favor; I also: for also if I have shown any kindness, to whom I have shown kindness, through you in the face of Christ; That we might not be taken advantage of by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his inventions.

1 Peter 3:8-9

And finally, all unanimous, suffering together, loving the brethren, having good bowels, an affectionate disposition: Not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing: and on the contrary prayer; knowing that to this were ye called, that ye might inherit praise.

Proverbs 25:21-22

If thine enemy hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he thirst, give him water to drink: For thou tookest up coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah will recompense to thee.

Mark 11:25-26

And when ye stand praying, let go, if ye have any thing against any one : that also your Father, he in the heavens, might let go to you your falls. And if ye do not let go, neither will your Father, he in the heavens, let go your falls.

Matthew 6:14-15

For if ye let go to men their faults, your Father which in the heavens will also let go to you. But if ye should not let go to men their faults, neither will your Father let go your faults.

Matthew 18:21-35

Then Peter, having come to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I let him go? Till seven times? And Jesus says to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven. Therefore the kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, the king, who wished to lift up the word together with his servants.read more.
And he having begun to settle accounts, one was brought him, a debtor of ten thousand talents. And he not having to give back, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children, and all which he had also to be given back. Then the servant, having fallen, worshipped him, saying, Lord, be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee. And the lord of that servant, having felt compassion, loosed him, and let go to him the money lent. But that servant having come, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred drachmas, and having seized, he choked him, saying, Give back to me what thou owest. Then his fellow-servant having fallen at his feet besought him, saying, Be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee. . And he would not; but having departed he cast him into prison till he should give back that being owed. And his fellow-servants having seen the thing done, were greatly grieved, and having come, made known to their lord all things done. Then his lord, having called him, said unto him, O thou evil servant, I let go to you all that debt since thou besoughtest me: Oughtest thou not also to pity thy fellow-servant, as I also pitied thee And his lord having become angry, delivered him to the torturers even till he should give back all being owed to him. So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye let not go each to his brother from your hearts their falls.

Luke 17:3-4

Attend to yourselves: and if thy brother sin against thee, censure him; and if he should repent, let him go. And if seven times in a day he sin against thee, and seven times in a day turn back to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt let him go.

Matthew 18:21-22

Then Peter, having come to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I let him go? Till seven times? And Jesus says to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven.

Genesis 50:15-21

And Joseph's brethren will see that their father died, and they will say to him, Joseph will lie in wait for us, and turning back, will turn back to us all the evil which we did to him. And they will come forth to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before his death, saying, So shall ye say to Joseph, I pray thee now take away the trespass of thy brethren and their sin; for they did to thee evil: and at this time now take away upon the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph will weep in their speaking to him.read more.
And they will come and will fall down before him, and they will say, Behold, we are for servants to thee. And Joseph will say to them, Ye shall not fear, for I am for God. And you, ye even purposed evil against me; God purposed it for good, for the sake of doing as this day, to preserve alive much people. And now ye shall not fear: I will give you to eat, and your little ones. And he will comfort them, and will speak to their hearts.

2 Samuel 16:5-11

And king David went to Bahurim, and behold, from thence a man will come forth from the family of the house of Saul, and his name Shimei, son of Gera: he came forth, coming forth and cursing. And he will stone David with stones, and all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty, from his right hand and from his left And thus said Shimei in his cursing, Come forth, come forth, thou man of bloods and man ofread more.
Jehovah turned back upon thee Belial all the bloods of the house of Saul of whom thou didst reign in his stead; and Jehovah will give the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and behold thee in thine evil, for a man of bloods art thou. And Abishai son of Zeruiah will say to the king, Wherefore shall this dead dog curse my lord the king? I will pass over now and take away his head. And the king will say, What to me and you ye sons of Zeruiah? for he shall curse, and because Jehovah said to him, Curse David: and who shall say, Wherefore didst thou thus? And David will say to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold my son who came forth from my bowels seeks my soul: and how much more now the son of the Jaminite? Leave to him and he shall curse, for Jehovah said to him.

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