71 Inspirational Bible Verses About Forgiving Others

The riches of God's grace and God's mercy are immeasurable. If Jesus died to forgive your sins, you could learn to forgive other people. God is merciful and good all the time.

Sometimes, you want to stay angry forever at your perceived foes. You want to remember their sins and all the bad your enemies have done. This cycle only creates more pain and suffering.

In the Lord's Prayer, it says:

Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us

If your Father in Heaven could forgive you for all the evil you've committed, can you forgive other people?

In Matthew 18:22, when Peter asks Jesus how many times to forgive someone:

Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

In today's Bible reading plan, we will dive into the Bible verses about God's forgiveness. We will see that God in Christ forgave us of our trespasses.

Read more: Bible Verses About Forgiving Yourself

Encouraging Bible Verses on Forgiveness

1. Psalms 32:1 KJV

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

2. Ephesians 4:26 KJV

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

3. Psalms 130:4 KJV

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

4. Daniel 9:9 KJV

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

5. Matthew 5:44 KJV

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

6. 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

7. Luke 6:37 KJV

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

8. Hebrews 10:17 KJV

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

9. Luke 1:37 KJV

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

10. Proverbs 28:13 KJV

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

11. 1 John 1:9 KJV

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

12. Colossians 1:14 KJV

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

13. Exodus 4:12 KJV

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

14. Matthew 6:13 KJV

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

15. Isaiah 1:18 KJV

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

16. Luke 6:38 KJV

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

17. Acts 17:30 KJV

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

18. 1 John 4:11 KJV

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

19. Mark 4:24 KJV

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

20. Daniel 10:12 KJV

Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

21. Genesis 1:5 KJV

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

22. Proverbs 20:22 KJV

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

23. Luke 17:4 KJV

And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

24. Matthew 5:7 KJV

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

25. Mark 11:25 KJV

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.

26. Colossians 3:12 KJV

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

27. Matthew 26:28 KJV

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

28. Isaiah 55:7 KJV

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

29. Psalms 86:5 KJV

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

30. Luke 17:3 KJV

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

31. Ephesians 5:25 KJV

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

32. Matthew 6:14 KJV

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

33. 1 Thessalonians 5:15 KJV

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

34. Isaiah 43:25 KJV

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

35. Proverbs 15:1 KJV

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

36. Matthew 7:2 KJV

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

37. Romans 12:19 KJV

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

38. Colossians 3:13 KJV

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

39. Matthew 6:5 KJV

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

40. John 8:7 KJV

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

41. Romans 12:20 KJV

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

42. Psalms 32:5 KJV

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

43. 1 Peter 4:8 KJV

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

44. Proverbs 17:9 KJV

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

45. Ephesians 5:3 KJV

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

46. Luke 23:34 KJV

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

47. Proverbs 10:12 KJV

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

48. 1 Peter 3:9 KJV

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

49. 1 John 2:12 KJV

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

50. Colossians 2:13 KJV

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

51. Proverbs 24:11 KJV

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

52. James 5:16 KJV

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.

53. Colossians 1:20 KJV

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

54. Luke 6:27 KJV

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

55. 1 Timothy 4:12 KJV

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

56. 1 Peter 3:7 KJV

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

57. Matthew 6:15 KJV

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

58. Mark 12:31 KJV

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

59. Ephesians 1:7 KJV

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

60. Ephesians 4:32 KJV

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

61. Matthew 6:12 KJV

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

62. Psalms 16:6 KJV

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

63. 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

64. John 14:6 KJV

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

65. Acts 2:38 KJV

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.

66. Acts 3:19 KJV

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

67. Romans 5:10 KJV

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

68. Matthew 18:35 KJV

So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

69. Hebrews 8:12 KJV

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

70. 2 Corinthians 2:10 KJV

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

71. Psalms 103:12 KJV

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.