Love & Relationships

Bible Verses About asking for forgiveness

13 key scriptures

Discover 13 powerful Bible verses about asking for forgiveness. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential love & relationships topic.

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TranslationKey Verse: 1 John 1:9
King James (KJV)If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

13 Key Scriptures

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And be ye kind one to another , tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. quarrel: or, complaint
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. seeketh: or, procureth

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